Sec. 54.005.  NOTICE OF AND HEARING ON APPLICATION.  (a)  When an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority is filed, the commission shall:
(1)  give notice of the application to interested parties;  and
(2)  if requested:
(A)  set a time and place for a hearing;  and
(B)  give notice of the hearing.
(b)  A person interested in the application may intervene at the hearing.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.