{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 14.053","heading":"POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.","body":"(a) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct each hearing in a contested case that is not conducted by one or more commissioners.\n(b) The commission may delegate to the State Office of Administrative Hearings the authority to make a final decision and to issue findings of fact, conclusions of law, and other necessary orders in a proceeding in which there is not a contested issue of fact or law.\n(c) The commission by rule shall define the procedures by which it delegates final decision-making authority under Subsection (b).\n(d) For review purposes an administrative law judge's final decision under Subsection (b) has the same effect as a final decision of the commission unless a commissioner requests formal review of the decision.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 228 (H.B. 2154), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES","CHAPTER 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.14.htm#14.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"877b88b0159adcaaea663b6f2f84b2fdbc5dd886fbfc74ddbda7807702229722","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}