Tex. Utilities Code § 14.054
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 14.054, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 14.054. SETTLEMENTS.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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