Where the executive director and the respondent have reached an agreed settlement of an enforcement case, they shall submit the settlement agreement to the judge in writing. The judge shall forward the proposed settlement agreement to the commission for consideration. If there is a party to the case that dissents from the proposed settlement, the judge shall give such party a reasonable time to file comments, and shall forward all timely filed comments to the commission together with the proposed settlement. After any required public notice and opportunity for comment on proposed settlements and consideration of the record, the commission may either approve the proposed settlement, or disapprove it and remand the case to SOAH for hearing.

Source Note:The provisions of this §80.254 adopted to be effective December 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 11381.