TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING & REGULATION

The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation adopted amendments to existing rules at 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapter 60, Subchapter A, ?60.10; Subchapter F, ?60.82; Subchapter G, ?60.101; Subchapter I, ??60.300, 60.304, 60.305, 60.307, 60.308, and 60.310; and Subchapter J, ??60.400 - 60.406, 60.408, and 60.409; adopted new rules at Subchapter H, ??60.200 - 60.204; and Subchapter I, ??60.301, 60.302, 60.309, 60.311, and 60.312; and adopted the repeal of existing rules at Subchapter H, ?60.200; and Subchapter I, ?60.306 and ?60.311, regarding the Procedural Rules of the Commission and the Department, without changes to the proposed text as published. The Commission also adopted amendments to existing rules at 16 TAC Chapter 60, Subchapter H, regarding the Procedural Rules of the Commission and the Department, with changes to the title of Subchapter H, as published.

The adopted rules update multiple subchapters and sections under Chapter 60 and are part of a larger effort to update the entire chapter. The adopted rules make substantive and clean-up changes to the agency?s procedural rules and include changes resulting from staff and strategic planning, the required four-year rule review, and the Department?s Sunset legislation. The adopted rules address definitions, dishonored payment fees, negotiated rulemaking, complaints, contested cases, and mediation for contested cases.

The adoption justification was published in the May 26, 2023, issue of the?Texas Register?(48 TexReg 2694) and is available?online. The updated rule chapter will be available on the?Secretary of State?website upon its effective date of June 1, 2023.

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