{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 14.054","heading":"SETTLEMENTS.","body":"(a) The commission by rule shall adopt procedures governing the use of settlements to resolve contested cases.\n(b) Rules adopted under this section must ensure that:\n(1) each party retains the right to:\n(A) a full hearing before the commission on issues that remain in dispute; and\n(B) judicial review of issues that remain in dispute;\n(2) an issue of fact raised by a nonsettling party may not be waived by a settlement or stipulation of the other parties; and\n(3) a nonsettling party may use an issue of fact raised by that party as the basis for judicial review.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.14.htm#14.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c68cdcfae0fbce0455cdfe6fa29db345c5febee51aae6c721b0e1615e3a9e221","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}