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Tex. Water Code § 36.416 (2026)

Hearings Conducted By State Office Of Administrative Hearings; Rules

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Sec. 36.416. HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS; RULES. (a) If a district contracts with the State Office of Administrative Hearings to conduct a hearing, the hearing shall be conducted as provided by Subchapters C, D, and F, Chapter 2001, Government Code. The district may adopt rules for a hearing conducted under this section that are consistent with the procedural rules of the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(b) If requested by the applicant or other party to a contested case, a district shall contract with the State Office of Administrative Hearings to conduct the hearing. If the district does not prescribe a deadline by rule, the applicant or other party must request the hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings not later than the 14th day before the date the evidentiary hearing is scheduled to begin. The hearing must be held in Travis County or at a location described by Section 36.403(c). The district shall choose the location.

(c) The party requesting the hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall pay all costs associated with the contract for the hearing and shall deposit with the district an amount sufficient to pay the contract amount before the hearing begins. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district shall refund any excess money to the paying party. All other costs may be assessed as authorized by this chapter or district rules.

(d) An administrative law judge who conducts a contested case hearing shall consider applicable district rules or policies in conducting the hearing, but the district deciding the case may not supervise the administrative law judge.

(e) A district shall provide the administrative law judge with a written statement of applicable rules or policies.

(f) A district may not attempt to influence the finding of facts or the administrative law judge's application of the law in a contested case except by proper evidence and legal argument.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 970 (H.B. 1763), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 53 (S.B. 693), Sec. 2, eff. May 12, 2011.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 405 (H.B. 2179), Sec. 9, eff. June 10, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2024 · leading case: Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation Dist. Aqua Water Supply Corp. City of Elgin Env't Stewardship Recharge Water, LP & Andy Wier v. Lower Colorado River Auth. (Tex. App. 2024).
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Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation Dist. Aqua Water Supply Corp. City of Elgin Env't Stewardship Recharge Water, LP & Andy Wier v. Lower Colorado River Auth. (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 3× “” Tex. Water Code § 36.4165(a); see also id.”
Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation Dist. Aqua Water Supply Corp. City of Elgin Env't Stewardship Recharge Water, LP & Andy Wier v. Lower Colorado River Auth. (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “144, 146(c); Tex. Water Code § 36.416(a). Section 36.416(a) provides that when a district contracts with SOAH to conduct a hearing, “the hearing shall be conducted as provided by Subchapters C, D, and F, Chapter 2001, Government Code.”
End Op, L.P. & Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation Dist. v. Andrew Meyer, Bette Brown, Darwyn Hanna, & Env't Stewardship (Tex. App. 2018). “See Tex. Water Code § 36.416 (subjecting groundwater permit hearings to subchapters C, D, and F of the Administrative Procedure Act, but not subchapter G, which includes the savings clause in section 2001.”
— Tex. Water Code § 36.416(a) — 2 cases
Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation Dist. Aqua Water Supply Corp. City of Elgin Env't Stewardship Recharge Water, LP & Andy Wier v. Lower Colorado River Auth. (Tex. App. 2024). “” Tex. Water Code § 36.4165(a); see also id.”
Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation Dist. Aqua Water Supply Corp. City of Elgin Env't Stewardship Recharge Water, LP & Andy Wier v. Lower Colorado River Auth. (Tex. App. 2024). “144, 146(c); Tex. Water Code § 36.416(a). Section 36.416(a) provides that when a district contracts with SOAH to conduct a hearing, “the hearing shall be conducted as provided by Subchapters C, D, and F, Chapter 2001, Government Code.”
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