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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 1GENERAL PROCEDURES
SUBCHAPTER JAGRICULTURAL LIEN DISPUTES
RULE §1.607Confidentiality

(a) Any notes or record made of a settlement conference conducted under this subchapter are confidential, and may not be disclosed unless all parties to the dispute consent to the disclosure.

(b) A facilitator conducting a settlement conference under this subchapter may not be required to testify in any proceedings relating to or arising out of the matter in dispute or be subject to process requiring disclosure of confidential information or data relating or arising out of the matter in dispute.

(c) An oral communication or written material used in or made a part of a settlement conference conducted under this subchapter is admissible or discoverable, if it is admissible or discoverable independent of the procedure, or required to be disclosed by law.


Source Note: The provisions of this §1.607 adopted to be effective September 22, 1997, 22 TexReg 9242.

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