Texas Workers Compensation Act

    Title 5 - Texas Labor Code - Chapters 401-506

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LABOR CODE

CHAPTER 506. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES


	§ 506.001. LATE PAYMENT OF JUDGMENT BY THE STATE.  (a) In 
a workers' compensation case in which a claimant is awarded a 
judgment against the state or a political subdivision of the state 
under Chapter 501, 502, 503, 504, or 505, the state or political 
subdivision shall comply with the judgment not later than the 30th 
day after the judgment is entered.
	(b)  If the state or a political subdivision of the state 
fails or refuses to comply with a judgment as provided under 
Subsection (a) and the claimant secures a mandamus order against 
the state or political subdivision to force compliance with the 
judgment, the claimant is also entitled to an award of:
		(1)  a penalty of 12 percent of the amount of 
compensation recovered in the judgment;  and
		(2)  reasonable attorney's fees for prosecution of the 
mandamus action.     

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.                    


	§ 506.002. REIMBURSEMENT FROM NON-TREASURY FUNDS.  (a) An 
agency or other instrumentality of state government that, with 
funds that are held outside the state treasury, reimburses the 
general revenue fund for workers' compensation payments made out of 
the general revenue fund to former or current employees of the 
agency or other instrumentality shall reimburse the general revenue 
fund by writing a check to the comptroller:
		(1)  for deposit into the appropriate account in the 
general revenue fund;  and
		(2)  not later than 30 days after receiving the 
statement of amounts due.   
	(b)  The workers' compensation division of the office of the 
attorney general shall send to the comptroller and the state 
auditor a copy of each statement of amounts due from an agency or 
other instrumentality of state government that, with funds that are 
held outside the state treasury, reimburses the general revenue 
fund for workers' compensation payments made out of the general 
revenue fund.
	(c)  An agency or other instrumentality of state government 
affected by this section may allocate appropriate funds to a 
revolving account on its books to receive contributions from funds 
other than general revenue funds, based on an assessment it 
determines to be appropriate for the purpose of reimbursing the 
general revenue fund for the workers' compensation payments made to 
its current or former employees.
	(d)  The state auditor may review affected entities for 
compliance with this section, subject to a risk assessment 
performed by the state auditor and to the legislative audit 
committee's approval of including the review in the audit plan 
under Section 321.013, Government Code.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, § 1.40, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, § 64, eff. Sept. 
1, 2003.