Texas Code § 541.405

JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT ACTION
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Sec. 541.405. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT ACTION. (a) A person aggrieved by the denial of a petition under Section 541.402 or the adoption, amendment, or repeal of or failure to adopt a rule under this subchapter may file a petition in a district court in Travis County for:
(1) a declaratory judgment on the validity or applicability of an adopted, amended, or repealed rule; or
(2) review of the denial of a petition under Section 541.402 .
(b) The commissioner must be made a party to the action.
(c) An action of the commissioner under this subchapter in adopting, amending, repealing, or failing to adopt a rule or denying a petition may be invalidated only if the court finds that the action:
(1) violates a constitutional or state statutory provision;
(2) exceeds the commissioner's statutory authority;
(3) is arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or unwarranted exercise of discretion;
(4) is so vague that it does not establish sufficiently definite standards to which conduct can be conformed;
(5) is made following unlawful procedure; or
(6) is clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence in the whole record as submitted.
(d) The court may issue an injunction in an action under this section.

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