(a) The office shall conduct all hearings under this subchapter in a timely manner.

(b) The office shall use every reasonable means to expedite a case under this subchapter when the comptroller requests that the office expedite the case.

(c) This section is not intended to impair the independence of the office in conducting a hearing under this subchapter.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., ch. 354, § 3, eff. June 15, 2007. Amended by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 228 (H.B. 2154), § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.