Sec. 1071.4035. INFORMAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE; RESTITUTION. (a) The board by rule shall establish guidelines for an informal settlement conference related to a complaint filed with the board.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the board may order a person licensed or registered under this chapter to pay restitution to a consumer as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference instead of or in addition to assessing an administrative penalty under this chapter.
(c) The amount of restitution ordered as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference may not exceed the amount the consumer paid to the person for a service regulated by this chapter. The board may not require payment of other damages or estimate harm in a restitution order.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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