81R8704 KCR-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 4545
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time for filing a petition for judicial review in
certain workers' compensation cases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 410.252(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A party may seek judicial review by filing suit not
later than the 40th day after the latest date on which any party
receives the decision of the appeals panel, regardless of when the
decision was filed with the division.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a judicial review proceeding initiated under Subchapter F or
Subchapter G, Chapter 410, Labor Code, on or after the effective
date of this Act. A proceeding initiated before that date is
governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding was
initiated, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.