Texas Education Code

§ 88.706 — NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

ED § 88.706Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part D. THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Ch. 88. AGENCIES AND SERVICES OF THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Art. I-1. TEXAS VETERINARY MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY

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(a)The executive director of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1)negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the adoption of rules by the laboratory; and

(2)appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the laboratory's jurisdiction.

(b)The laboratory's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c)The executive director shall designate a trained person to:

(1)coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

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Legislative history

Redesignated from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 88 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (H.B. 2024), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.