Settlements

Sec. 14.054. SETTLEMENTS. (a) The commission by rule shall adopt procedures governing the use of settlements to resolve contested cases. (b) Rules adopted under this section must ensure that: (1) each party retains the right to: (A) a full hearing before the commission on issues that remain in dispute; and (B) judicial review of issues that remain in dispute; (2) an issue of fact raised by a nonsettling party may not be waived by a settlement or stipulation of the other parties; and (3) a nonsettling party may use an issue of fact raised by that party as the basis for judicial review. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.