1 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.41 - Motion to Extend Time

(a) The executive director may extend a deadline pursuant to § 571.136 of the Government Code.

(b) A request for more time to file a document or respond to discovery shall include:

(1) a statement of the number of extension requests previously sought in the case by the movant;

(2) the specific reason for the request; and

(3) a proposed date for the deadline the movant seeks to extend.

(c) Motions to extend time shall be filed no later than five days before the date of the deadline at issue or shall state good cause for presenting the motion after that time. If the executive director finds good cause has been demonstrated, the executive director may consider a motion filed after that time.

(d) Unless otherwise ordered by the executive director, responses to motions for extension of a deadline are due three days after receipt of the motion.

(e) A motion for continuance or extension of time is not granted until it has been ruled on by the executive director, even if the motion is uncontested or agreed.

Notes

1 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.41

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 43, October 25, 2024, TexReg 8576, eff. 10/27/2024