Tex. Lab. Code § 503.021 · Subchapter B. COVERAGE
WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR SYSTEM AND INSTITUTION EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The system shall pay benefits as provided by this chapter to an employee with a compensable injury.
(b) A benefit under this section for an employee who is employed on less than a full workday basis may not exceed 60 percent of the employee's average weekly wage as computed under Section 408.042.
(c) A benefit shall be paid weekly as it accrues directly to the person entitled to it unless the liability is redeemed as provided by this chapter.
(d) In this section, "average weekly wage" has the meaning assigned to that term by Subchapter C, Chapter 408.
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. 3.307, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.503.htm
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