SECTION 157.1059. Filing of Exceptions and Replies to Proposal for Decision

(a) A copy of the proposal for decision in a hearing shall be simultaneously delivered, emailed, or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each party representative of record.

(b) Exceptions to the proposal for decision shall be filed within 30 calendar days of the date of the proposal for decision.

(c) Replies to exceptions shall be filed within 50 calendar days of the date of the proposal for decision.

(d) All disagreements with the factual findings and legal conclusions of the proposal for decision must be made in the parties' exceptions to the proposal for decision or be waived.

(e) The exceptions shall be specifically and concisely stated. The evidence relied upon shall be stated with particularity, and any evidence or arguments relied upon shall be grouped under the exceptions to which they relate.

(f) The timelines may be modified by the administrative law judge.

Source Note: The provisions of this §157.1059 adopted to be effective July 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 6887; amended to be effective January 10, 2023, 48 TexReg 49