Sec. 14.054.  SETTLEMENTS.  (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.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.