Tex. Lab. Code § 504.073 · Subchapter D. ADMINISTRATION
REPRESENTATION IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), in a proceeding in connection with workers' compensation benefits provided by a political subdivision as a self-insurer, the political subdivision may be represented by:
(1) the political subdivision's attorney or that attorney's assistants; or
(2) outside counsel.
(b) In a proceeding involving workers' compensation for employees of a municipal utility operated by a board of trustees established under Section 1502.070, Government Code, or a similar law, if the board of trustees is a self-insurer, the municipality shall be represented by the regularly employed attorney or outside counsel of the board of trustees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.284, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.504.htm
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