If mediation does not resolve all issues raised by the claim, the contractor may request that the claim be referred to SOAH by the unit of state government. Nothing in these rules prohibits the contractor and unit of state government from mediating their dispute after the case has been referred for contested case hearing, subject to the rules of SOAH.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.925 adopted to be effective February 22, 2001, 26 TexReg 1513; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8841