Texas Government Code 153.056 – Options Following Decision: Pay, Accept, or Appeal
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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 153.056
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
Not later than the 30th day after the date the order of the commission imposing an administrative penalty or sanction under § 153.055 becomes final, the person shall:
(1) accept the obligation to pay the penalty or accept the sanction; or
(2) file an appeal of the commission’s order contesting the findings of fact, the conclusions of law, the occurrence of the violation, the imposition or amount of the penalty, the imposition of the sanction, or any combination.