Tex. Labor Code § 410.203
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 410.203, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 410.203. POWERS AND DUTIES OF APPEALS PANEL; PRIORITY OF HEARING ON REMAND.
Official statutory text
(a) The appeals panel shall consider:
(1) the record developed at the contested case hearing; and
(2) the written request for appeal and response filed with the appeals panel.
(b) The appeals panel may:
(1) reverse the decision of the administrative law judge and render a new decision;
(2) reverse the decision of the administrative law judge and remand the case to the administrative law judge for further consideration and development of evidence; or
(3) affirm the decision of the administrative law judge in a case described by Section 410.204(a-1).
(c) The appeals panel may not remand a case under Subsection (b)(2) more than once.
(d) A hearing on remand shall be accelerated and the commissioner shall adopt rules to give priority to the hearing over other proceedings.
(e) The appeals panel shall issue and maintain a precedent manual. The precedent manual shall be composed of precedent-establishing decisions and may include other information as identified by the appeals panel.
(1) the record developed at the contested case hearing; and
(2) the written request for appeal and response filed with the appeals panel.
(b) The appeals panel may:
(1) reverse the decision of the administrative law judge and render a new decision;
(2) reverse the decision of the administrative law judge and remand the case to the administrative law judge for further consideration and development of evidence; or
(3) affirm the decision of the administrative law judge in a case described by Section 410.204(a-1).
(c) The appeals panel may not remand a case under Subsection (b)(2) more than once.
(d) A hearing on remand shall be accelerated and the commissioner shall adopt rules to give priority to the hearing over other proceedings.
(e) The appeals panel shall issue and maintain a precedent manual. The precedent manual shall be composed of precedent-establishing decisions and may include other information as identified by the appeals panel.
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