The department may deny, revoke, modify, suspend, penalize, or place on probation certain licenses, and it may impose conditions during suspension or probation.
Sec. 14.083. DENIAL, REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OR PROBATION. (a) The department may deny an application for a license or license renewal if the applicant fails to comply with a requirement of this chapter, a rule adopted by the department under this chapter, or a lawful order of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. (b) The department may revoke, modify, or suspend a license or assess an administrative penalty against, place on probation, or reprimand a license holder for a violation of this chapter, a rule adopted by the department under this chapter, or a lawful order of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. (c) In addition to or in lieu of a license suspension authorized by another provision of this chapter, if the department considers it necessary, the department may suspend a license and prohibit the movement of grain into or out of a warehouse for up to 30 days without a hearing. For good cause, a suspension under this subsection may be extended for additional periods of up to 30 days each, not to exceed a total of 90 days of suspension in a licensing period. (d) During a period of license suspension or probation, the department may seal and restrict access to the warehouse operator's buildings, bins, or other similar structures used to receive, store, ship, or handle grain, for hire, and require the warehouse operator to: (1) maintain additional information in the records of the warehouse or report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the suspension or probation; (2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; (3) operate under conditions or by methods prescribed by the department; or (4) continue or renew professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the suspension or probation. (e) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if the department proposes to deny, revoke, modify, or suspend a person's application or license or place a warehouse operator on probation, the person is entitled to a hearing conducted under Section 12.032. The decision of the department is appealable in the same manner as provided for contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code. (f) A license suspension under Subsection (c) remains in effect until lifted by the department through written notice to the warehouse operator or as provided by Section 14.066 or until it expires by operation of law in accordance with the department's notice of suspension or the limitations provided by Subsection (c). Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.10, 3.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 14.015 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1124, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 168 (S.B. 248), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.