Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
Chapter 12 - SWORN COMPLAINTS
Subchapter F - RESOLUTIONS
Section 12.91 - Agreed Resolutions

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code § 12.91

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) Upon the affirmative vote of six commissioners, the commission may enter into an agreed resolution with a respondent to settle a complaint filed against the respondent, including an assurance of voluntary compliance, a notice of reporting error, or an agreed order.

(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 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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