By Dunnam                                             H.B. No. 2566
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain requirements for the appeal of a hearing
 1-3     officer's decision in a workers' compensation proceeding.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 410.202, Labor Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  Saturdays and Sundays and holidays listed in Section
 1-8     662.003, Government Code, are not included in the computation of
 1-9     the time in which a request for an appeal under Subsection (a) or a
1-10     response under Subsection (b) must be filed.
1-11           (e)  The commission by rule may provide for the extension of
1-12     the time for filing a request for an appeal under Subsection (a) or
1-13     a response under Subsection (b) if good cause is shown by the party
1-14     seeking the extension.
1-15           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-16           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
1-17     appeal in a workers' compensation proceeding filed on or after the
1-18     effective date of this Act.  An appeal filed before the effective
1-19     date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
1-20     appeal was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
1-21     that purpose.