Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Expenditure Object 7247 – Hearings Officers, Pre-Approved by the State Office of Administrative Hearings

To record payment for administrative hearing officers. Agencies must have written authorization to contract for outside administrative hearing officers; or officers must be presiding over a hearing that does not fall within jurisdiction of the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). This code does NOT include payments to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for administrative hearing officers (7257).

Expenditure code 7247 includes, but is NOT limited to:

• Hearing Officers (pre-approved by SOA)

RESTRICTED:  This code is currently limited for use only by the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Agency 538. Other agencies may be added as approved by the SOAH.