Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 16 - WILLIAMSON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR › Chapter 435 - MOTOR VEHICLE TITLE SERVICES › Section 435.15 - Appeals

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An applicant/licensee may appeal the
				denial/revocation of a license by filing a written appeal request with the
				Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector within 30 days of the date notice is
				sent under § 435.13(b) of this chapter (relating to Denial or Revocation
				of License). Any information/documentation in support of such appeal must be
				submitted with the appeal request.
(b) The Williamson County Tax
				Assessor-Collector shall appoint a Review Board consisting of five members. At
				least one member of the Review Board shall be a law enforcement officer. The
				Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector may appoint one or more Williamson
				County Tax Assessor-Collector employees to serve on the Board. Provided at
				least one law enforcement officer is in attendance, appeals shall be reviewed
				at a meeting of at least three members of the Board. Such meetings shall be
				held periodically as determined by the Williamson County Tax
				Assessor-Collector.
(c) Timely
				filed appeals will be scheduled for review at the next Review Board meeting,
				which shall take place no less than sixty (60) days following the filing of the
				appeal. An applicant/licensee whose appeal is under review may attend the
				meeting and, at the Board's discretion, provide testimony in support of the
				appeal. The Board also has discretion to consider documentation not timely
				provided under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Recommendation. The law enforcement
				officer in attendance shall preside over the meeting and determine when each
				appeal has been sufficiently considered, discussed and reviewed by the members
				in attendance. Following such determination, each member in attendance shall
				state and briefly describe the reasons for his/her opinion as to whether the
				action appealed should be sustained. Thereafter, the presiding law enforcement
				officer shall independently make a written recommendation to the Williamson
				County Tax Assessor-Collector. The written recommendation shall be signed by
				the presiding officer and shall identify which, if any, of the other members in
				attendance did not agree with it.
(e) Within fifteen (15) days of receiving the
				presiding officer's written recommendation, the Williamson County Tax
				Assessor-Collector shall make a final determination on the appeal. The
				Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector shall consider the presiding officer's
				recommendation before making the final determination.
(f) The Williamson County Tax
				Assessor-Collector shall send notice of its final determination to the
				applicant/licensee by certified mail as follows:
(1) License denial - to each applicant at the
				home address listed on his/her application form;
(2) Runner License revocation - to the most
				recent home address on file;
(3)
				Title Service License revocation - to the attention of all partners, owners,
				officers, directors, or principals (as applicable) at the most recent primary
				physical business address on file.