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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time for filing a petition for judicial review in |
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certain workers' compensation cases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 410.252(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A party may seek judicial review by filing suit not |
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later than the 40th day after the latest date on which any party |
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receives the decision of the appeals panel, regardless of when the |
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decision was filed with the division. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a judicial review proceeding initiated under Subchapter F or |
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Subchapter G, Chapter 410, Labor Code, on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A proceeding initiated before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding was |
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initiated, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |