Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 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.