Tex. Lab. Code § 409.003 · Subchapter A. INJURY REPORTS, CLAIMS, AND RECORDS
CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An employee or a person acting on the employee's behalf shall file with the division a claim for compensation for an injury not later than one year after the date on which:
(1) the injury occurred; or
(2) if the injury is an occupational disease, the employee knew or should have known that the disease was related to the employee's employment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.135, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.409.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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