SECTION 43.10. Authority to Grant Relief

At any time before an appeal is referred for adjudicative hearing, the deputy director or, in the matter of certification for disability retirement, the Medical Board may grant the relief sought by the petitioner and dismiss the appeal, provided that the interest of other individual parties are not adversely affected and the relief does not conflict with the terms of the pension plan. If a matter has been referred to SOAH, the SOAH administrative law judge may dismiss the case from the SOAH docket in accordance with SOAH rules. If a matter is referred for an adjudicative hearing to a hearing official not affiliated with SOAH, then the rules of this chapter shall apply to the dismissal of the case.

Source Note: The provisions of this §43.10 adopted to be effective April 20, 1988, 13 TexReg 1672; amended to be effective January 24, 1992, 17 TexReg 256; amended to be effective June 9, 1999, 24 TexReg 4249; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2115; amended to be effective March 8, 2007, 32 TexReg 1095; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 2002; amended to be effective March 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 1862