Texas § IN.2652.203 - NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION

§ IN.2652.203. NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION

NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION; AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL. (a) The department shall notify a license holder of a disciplinary action or enforcement action against the license holder not later than the 30th business day after the date the department assigns a file number to the action, except that this subsection does not apply to a file or action: (1) that is the subject of a pending criminal investigation or prosecution; or (2) about which the department makes a good faith determination that there is a credible suspicion that there are ongoing or continuing acts of fraud by a person who is the subject of the action. (b) A notice required by Subsection (a) must provide a license holder fair notice of the alleged facts known by the department on the date of the notice that constitute grounds for the action. (c) A disciplinary or enforcement action is automatically dismissed with prejudice, unless the department serves a notice of hearing on the license holder not later than the 60th business day after the date the department receives a hearing request from the license holder. (d) The department may provide information about an enforcement action, including a copy of a notice issued under this section, to each title insurance agent or direct operation with which an escrow officer has, or proposes to obtain, an appointment under Section 2652.1511 . (e) Except as prohibited by Chapter 552 , Government Code, or any other law, on the date an enforcement action against an escrow officer becomes final, the department shall provide information about the action, including a copy of a commissioner's order or department warning issued under this section, to each title insurance agent or direct operation for which the escrow officer holds appointment under Section 2652.1511 . Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1011 (H.B. 2408 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 232 (H.B. 2491 ), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2015.