Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 7.070 - Findings of Fact Not Required; Reservations Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the commission is not required to make findings of fact or conclusions of law other than an uncontested finding that the commission has jurisdiction in an agreed order compromising or settling an alleged violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or of a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute. An agreed administrative order may include a reservation that:
(1) the order is not an admission of a violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or of a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute;(2) the occurrence of a violation is in dispute; or(3) the order is not intended to become a part of a party's or a facility's compliance history.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1997.