REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE.
Tex. AGRIC Code § 13.2555.
in effect(a) The department shall revoke, modify, or suspend the certificate of authority of a public weigher, assess an administrative penalty, place on probation the public weigher whose certificate has been suspended, or reprimand a public weigher for a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the department under this subchapter.
(b) If a certificate suspension is probated, the department may require the public weigher to:
(1) report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;
(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or
(3) continue or renew professional education until the public weigher attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
(c) If the department proposes to revoke, modify, or suspend a public weigher's certificate, the public weigher is entitled to a hearing conducted under Section 12.032 . The decision of the department is appealable in the same manner as provided for contested cases under Chapter 2001 , Government Code.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 3.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016 ), Sec. 5.03, eff. September 1, 2009.