Tex. Labor Code § 401.021
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 401.021, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 401.021. APPLICATION OF OTHER ACTS.
Official statutory text
Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle:
(1) a proceeding, hearing, judicial review, or enforcement of a commissioner order, decision, or rule is governed by the following subchapters and sections of Chapter 2001, Government Code:
(A) Subchapters A, B, D, E, G, and H, excluding Sections 2001.004(3) and 2001.005;
(B) Sections 2001.051, 2001.052, and 2001.053;
(C) Sections 2001.056 through 2001.062; and
(D) Section 2001.141(c);
(2) a proceeding, hearing, judicial review, or enforcement of a commissioner order, decision, or rule is governed by Subchapters A and B, Chapter 2002, Government Code, excluding Sections 2002.001(3) and 2002.023;
(3) Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to a proceeding under this subtitle, other than:
(A) a benefit review conference;
(B) a contested case hearing;
(C) a proceeding of the appeals panel;
(D) arbitration; or
(E) another proceeding involving a determination on a workers' compensation claim; and
(4) Chapter 552, Government Code, applies to a workers' compensation record of the division, the department, or the office of injured employee counsel.
(1) a proceeding, hearing, judicial review, or enforcement of a commissioner order, decision, or rule is governed by the following subchapters and sections of Chapter 2001, Government Code:
(A) Subchapters A, B, D, E, G, and H, excluding Sections 2001.004(3) and 2001.005;
(B) Sections 2001.051, 2001.052, and 2001.053;
(C) Sections 2001.056 through 2001.062; and
(D) Section 2001.141(c);
(2) a proceeding, hearing, judicial review, or enforcement of a commissioner order, decision, or rule is governed by Subchapters A and B, Chapter 2002, Government Code, excluding Sections 2002.001(3) and 2002.023;
(3) Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to a proceeding under this subtitle, other than:
(A) a benefit review conference;
(B) a contested case hearing;
(C) a proceeding of the appeals panel;
(D) arbitration; or
(E) another proceeding involving a determination on a workers' compensation claim; and
(4) Chapter 552, Government Code, applies to a workers' compensation record of the division, the department, or the office of injured employee counsel.
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