(a) If the commission acts on an application, the chief clerk shall mail or otherwise transmit the order and notice of the action to the applicant, executive director, public interest counsel, and to other persons who timely filed public comment, or requests for reconsideration or contested case hearing. The notice shall explain the opportunity to file a motion under §80.272 of this title (relating to Motion for Rehearing). If the commission adopts a response to comments that is different from the executive director's response to comments, the chief clerk shall also mail the final response to comments. The chief clerk need not mail notice of commission action to persons submitting public comment or requests for reconsideration or contested case hearing who have not provided a return mailing address. The chief clerk may mail the information to a representative group of persons when a substantial number of public comments have been submitted.     
      (b) If the commission acts on an application, §80.272 of this title applies. A motion for rehearing must be filed not later than 25 days after the date the commission's final decision or order on the application is signed, unless the time for filing the motion for rehearing has been extended under Texas Government Code, §2001.142 and §80.276 of this title, by agreement under Texas Government Code, §2001.147, or by the commission's written order issued pursuant to Texas Government Code, §2001.146(e). If the motion is denied under §80.272 and §80.273 of this title (relating to Motion for Rehearing and Decision Final and Appealable) the commission's decision is final and appealable under Texas Water Code, §5.351 or Texas Health and Safety Code, §§361.321, 382.032, or 401.341.     
      (c) Motions for rehearing may be filed on:      
        (1) an issue that was referred to State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) for contested case hearing, or an issue that was added by the judge;       
        (2) issues that the commission declined to send to SOAH for hearing; and       
        (3) the commission's decision on an application.       
      (d) A motion for rehearing must identify with particularity findings of fact or conclusions of law that are the subject of the complaint and any evidentiary or legal ruling claimed to be erroneous. The motion must also state the legal and factual basis for the claimed error.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §50.119 adopted to be effective September 23, 1999, 24 TexReg 8254; amended to be effective February 3, 2000, 25 TexReg 593; amended to be effective December 31, 2015, 40 TexReg 9651