Texas Water Code 7.070 – Findings of Fact Not Required; Reservations
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 7.070
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the commission is not required to make findings of fact or conclusions of law other than an uncontested finding that the commission has jurisdiction in an agreed order compromising or settling an alleged violation of a statute within the commission’s jurisdiction or of a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute. An agreed administrative order may include a reservation that:
(1) the order is not an admission of a violation of a statute within the commission’s jurisdiction or of a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute;
(2) the occurrence of a violation is in dispute; or
(3) the order is not intended to become a part of a party’s or a facility’s compliance history.