Employment Comm’n, 754 S.W.2d 149, 151 (Tex.1988). “The rule is generally accepted that appellate courts do not decide cases where no actual controversy exists between the parties at the time of the hearing.” City of W. Univ. Place v. Martin, 132 Tex. 354, 356, 123 S.W.2d 638, 639 (1939). Unless an exception to this general rule exists, it would be proper to dismiss this appeal as moot. 2. Exceptions to the Rule There are exceptions allowing an appellate court to review a case after it becomes moot. Texas courts have recognized three exceptions to the mootness doctrine: (1) the capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review exception; (2) the collateral consequences exception; and (3) the public interest exception. See Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Nueces County, 886 S.W.2d 766, 767 (Tex.1994) (<HOLDING>); Nat’l Cafe Servs., Ltd. v. Podaras, 148
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