Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
Chapter 12 - SWORN COMPLAINTS
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES
Section 12.34 - Agreed Orders

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 12.34

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The commission may enter into an agreed order with a respondent to resolve and settle a complaint filed against the respondent, including an assurance of voluntary compliance, a notice of reporting error, or an agreed order and resolution.

(b) An assurance of voluntary compliance:

(1) resolves a sworn complaint:
(A) with no determination that a violation within the jurisdiction of the commission has occurred, if entered into before a preliminary review hearing is completed; or

(B) with a determination that all violations within the jurisdiction of the commission, when viewed as a whole in consideration of any mitigating action taken by the respondent, are technical or de minimis; and

(2) may include a civil penalty.

(c) A notice of reporting error resolves a complaint with a determination that all violations within the jurisdiction of the commission are reporting errors that do not materially defeat the purpose of disclosure and may include a civil penalty in the form of an assessment fee.

(d) An agreed order and resolution resolves a sworn complaint with a determination that one or more violations within the jurisdiction of the commission occurred and may include a civil penalty.

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