Tex. Occ. Code § 1951.504 · Subchapter K. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
SETTLEMENT OF CONTESTED CASES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A settlement of a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code, must be approved by the commissioner.
(b) The department by rule shall establish guidelines for the settlement of a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(c) The commissioner may authorize the department to conduct informal settlement negotiations between the department and a license holder to resolve a complaint, other than a complaint involving a misapplication, by a consumer against the license holder.
(d) An informal settlement reached under Subsection (c):
(1) may not require the license holder to:
(A) refund money to the consumer in an amount greater than the amount provided under the original contract for services by the license holder; or
(B) perform any services that the license holder did not agree to perform in the original contract; and
(2) does not release the license holder from any liability for a misapplication.
(e) The department by rule shall establish guidelines for the informal settlement of consumer complaints as provided by Subsections (c) and (d).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 890 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 1.63, eff. September 1, 2007.
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