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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 13TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 401ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
SUBCHAPTER AGENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
RULE §401.15Agreements To Be in Writing

(a) Unless precluded by law, informal disposition may be made of any contested case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default.

(b) No stipulation or agreement between the parties, their attorneys or representatives, with regard to any matter involved in any proceeding before the Agency, shall be enforced unless it shall have been reduced to writing and signed by the parties or their authorized representatives, or unless it shall have been dictated into the record by them during the course of a hearing, or incorporated in an order bearing their written approval. This rule does not limit a party's ability to waive, modify, or stipulate any right or privilege afforded by these rules, unless precluded by law.


Source Note: The provisions of this §401.15 adopted to be effective March 8, 2001, 26 TexReg 2040

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