28 Tex. Admin. Code § 102.3 - Computation of Time
(a) Due dates and time
periods under this Act shall be computed as follows:
(1) computing a period of days. In counting a
period of time measured by days, the first day is excluded and the last day is
included.
(2) computing a period of
months. If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a
particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding
month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless there
are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the period ends
on the last day of that month.
(3)
unless otherwise specified, if the last day of any period is not a working day,
the period is extended to include the next day that is a working day.
(b) A working day is any day,
Monday-Friday, other than a national holiday as defined by Texas Government
Code, §
662.003(a)
and the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, December 24th and December 26th. Use in
this title of the term "day," rather than "working day" shall mean a calendar
day.
(c) Normal business hours in
the Texas workers' compensation system are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central
Standard Time with the exception of the Commission's El Paso field office whose
normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard
Time.
(d) Any written or telephonic
communications received other than during normal business hours on working days
are considered received at the beginning of normal business hours on the next
working day.
(e) Unless otherwise
specified by rule, any written or telephonic communications required to be
filed by a specified time will be considered timely only if received prior to
the end of normal business hours on the last permissible day of
filing.
(f) If there is a conflict
between this rule and a specific provision of another rule that is applicable
to a specific type of benefit, the other rule prevails.
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