Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 382.031
Notice of Hearings
(a)
Notice of a hearing under this chapter shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the facility is located or is proposed to be located or in the municipality nearest to the location or proposed location of the facility. The notice must be published not less than 30 days before the date set for the hearing.(b)
Notice of the hearing must describe briefly and in summary form the purpose of the hearing and the date, time, and place of the hearing.(c)
If notice of the hearing is required by this chapter to be given to a person, the notice shall be served personally or mailed to the person at the person’s most recent address known to the commission not less than 30 days before the date set for the hearing. If the party is not an individual, the notice may be given to an officer, agent, or legal representative of the party.(d)
The hearing body shall conduct the hearing at the time and place stated in the notice. The hearing body may continue the hearing from time to time and from place to place without the necessity of publishing, serving, mailing, or otherwise issuing new notice. If a hearing is continued and a time and place for the hearing to reconvene are not publicly announced by the hearing body at the hearing before it is recessed, a notice of any further setting of the hearing shall be served personally or mailed in the manner prescribed by Subsection (c) at a reasonable time before the new setting, but it is not necessary to publish a newspaper notice of the new setting. In this subsection, “hearing body” means the individual or individuals that hold a hearing under this section.(e)
This section applies to all hearings held under this chapter except as otherwise specified by Section 382.017 (Rules).
Source:
Section 382.031 — Notice of Hearings, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.382.htm#382.031 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
