By Dunnam H.B. No. 2566 77R7015 JMM-F 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.