Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Chapter 380 - ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Subchapter C - MEDIATION OF CONTRACT DISPUTES
Section 380.41 - Mediation Timetable

(a) The parties may agree to mediate the dispute at any time before the 270th day after the board received the notice of claim for breach of contract, or before the expiration of any extension agreed to by the parties in writing.

(b) The parties may mediate the dispute even after the case has been referred to SOAH for a contested case hearing. SOAH may also refer a contested case for mediation pursuant to its own rules and guidelines, whether or not the parties have previously attempted mediation.