Reed v. State Department of Licensing & Regulation

The issue in this cause is whether a statutory conflict exists between the judicial review provisions of the Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act (AP-TRA) and the act regulating auctioneers (the licensing act). Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. arts. 6252-13a, 8700 (Supp.1991). The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation suspended appellant Robert E. Reed’s auc-tioneering license on December 8, 1989, after a formal hearing. Reed did not file a motion for rehearing with the Department as required by APTRA, but instead sought judicial review from the district court of Comal County. The…