Rule 5.9 - Penalty Paid, Sanction Accepted, or Hearing Requested(a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the respondent receives the notice sent under Rule 5.8(e), the respondent in writing may: (1) accept the review committee's determination and the penalty or sanction; or(2) request a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the imposition or amount of the penalty, the imposition of the sanction, or any combination.(b) If the respondent accepts the determination and recommended penalty or sanction Commission staff will present the review committee's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and imposed administrative penalty or sanction to the Commission as an agreed order in accordance with Rule 5.14.(c) The Commission may accept the agreed order as a final order, revise the order, or remand the matter to the review committee for further deliberation.(d) The Commission shall give the respondent written notice of its decision under subsection (c). If the Commission revised or remanded the agreed order, the respondent may, not later than the 20th day after receipt of the notice, request a hearing on the Commission's determination.(e) If the respondent does not timely respond to the notice, given pursuant to Rule 5.8(e), of the review committee's determination and imposed penalty, sanction, or both, the Commission may issue a default order to approve the review committee's determination and accept or revise the review committee's administrative penalty, sanction, or both.Tex. R. Judi. Cert. Commi. 5.9
Amended effective 4/12/2018 immediately; amended 11/17/2023 effective immediately.