Texas Finance Code

§ 15.4025 — NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY

FI § 15.4025Title 2. FINANCIAL REGULATORY AGENCIES · Ch. 15. CREDIT UNION COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT · Art. E. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER

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(a)The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1)negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the adoption of department rules; and

(2)appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the department's jurisdiction.

(b)The department's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c)The commission shall designate a trained person to:

(1)coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 2735), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2009. Redesignated from Finance Code, Section 15.4024 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(11), eff. September 1, 2011.