Texas Property Code

§ 301.085 — CONCILIATION

PR § 301.085Title 15. FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES · Ch. 301. TEXAS FAIR HOUSING ACT · Art. E. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT

Statute text

(a)The commission shall, during the period beginning with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a dismissal by the commission, to the extent feasible, engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint.

(b)A conciliation agreement between a respondent and the complainant is subject to commission approval.

(c)A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration or another method of dispute resolution. Dispute resolution that results from a conciliation agreement may authorize appropriate relief, including monetary relief.

(d)A conciliation agreement is public information unless:

(1)the complainant and respondent agree that it is not; and

(2)the commission determines that disclosure is not necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.