Texas § NR.40.160 - PAYMENT OF AWARDS
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§ NR.40.160. PAYMENT OF AWARDS
PAYMENT OF AWARDS. (a) The commissioner shall establish the amount of the award. If the claimant accepts the award, the commissioner shall certify the amount of the award and the name of the claimant to the comptroller, who shall pay the award from the fund, subject to Section 40.162 of this code. (b) If either the claimant or the person or persons determined by the commissioner to be responsible for the unauthorized discharge of oil disagrees with the amount of the award, such person may request a hearing. The commissioner shall hold a hearing and issue an order setting the amount of the award. (c) Each person's claims arising from a single discharge must be stated in one application. Costs or damages omitted from any claim at the time a claimant accepts an award are waived. The commissioner may make partial final awards toward a single claim. (d) If a person accepts an award from the fund, it shall bind both the claimant and the commissioner as to all issues covered by the award and may not be further attacked, collaterally or by separate action. The commissioner shall be subrogated to all rights or causes of action of the claimant arising from the unauthorized discharge and covered by the award. The claimant shall have no further cause of action against the person responsible for the discharge. (e) Claims proceedings under this chapter are not contested cases under Chapter 2001 , Government Code and judicial review of such proceedings is not available under that Act. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 1, eff. March 28, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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Section NR.40.160 ("PAYMENT OF AWARDS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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