Tex. Tax Code § 111.101: SETTLEMENT.

(a) The comptroller may settle a claim for a tax, penalty, or interest imposed by this title if the total costs of collection, as conclusively determined by the comptroller, of the total amount due would exceed the total amount due.

(b) The comptroller may settle a claim for a refund of tax, penalty, or interest imposed by this title if the total costs of defending a denial of the claim, as conclusively determined by the comptroller, would exceed the total amount claimed.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1506, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1000, Sec. 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 459, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.