Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Utilities Code § 14.054: SETTLEMENTS.

Where this section sits in the code

UTILITIES CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT
SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES
CHAPTER 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
SUBCHAPTER B. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

(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.

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