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| 1 | 1 | 84R5836 KKR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Eltife S.B. No. 1175 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to judicial review of certain workers' compensation | |
| 8 | 8 | disputes. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Sections 410.252(a) and (d), Labor Code, are | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) A party may seek judicial review by filing suit not | |
| 13 | 13 | later than the 50th [45th] day after the date on which [the division | |
| 14 | 14 | mailed the party] the decision of the appeals panel [. For purposes | |
| 15 | 15 | of this section, the mailing date is considered to be the fifth day | |
| 16 | 16 | after the date the decision of the appeals panel] was filed with the | |
| 17 | 17 | division. | |
| 18 | 18 | (d) If a suit is initially filed within the 50-day [45-day] | |
| 19 | 19 | period in Subsection (a), and is transferred under Subsection (c), | |
| 20 | 20 | the suit is considered to be timely filed in the court to which it is | |
| 21 | 21 | transferred. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to a suit for judicial review filed on or after the effective date | |
| 24 | 24 | of this Act. A suit for judicial review filed before the effective | |
| 25 | 25 | date of this Act is covered by the law as it existed on the date the | |
| 26 | 26 | suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 27 | 27 | purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |