43 Tex. Admin. Code § 217.77 - Process for Suspension or Denial of Access to RTS

(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee has sole authority to:

(1) determine access to RTS;

(2) determine that information exists to support a reasonable suspicion that the individual or entity is committing fraud, waste, or abuse related to RTS; and

(3) suspend or deny the individual's or entity's access to RTS, based on the criteria in § 217.76 of this title (relating to Criteria for Suspension or Denial of Access to RTS).

(b) A county tax assessor-collector may request the executive director or the executive director's designee immediately suspend a county employee's or full service deputy's access to RTS based on the criteria in § 217.76 of this title.

(c) The department shall inform the county tax assessor-collector before taking action to suspend or deny the individual's or entity's access to RTS under subsection (a) of this section, unless:

(1) the action is as a result of a court order;

(2) time is of the essence;

(3) revealing this action would detrimentally interfere with or compromise an active investigation by the department or an enforcement agency of this state or the federal government; or

(4) the action is based on the county tax collector-assessor's request in subsection (b) of this section.

Notes

43 Tex. Admin. Code § 217.77

Former §217.77 adopted to be effective March 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 1761; repealed by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 10, March 6, 2015, TexReg 1099, eff. 3/12/2015; Current section adopted by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 08, February 21, 2020, TexReg 1231, eff. 3/1/2020