All documents relating to any appeal of a final administrative decision shall be filed with the deputy director at TRS, 1000 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2698. A document may be filed with TRS by hand-delivery, courier-receipted delivery, facsimile transmission, or regular, certified, or registered mail. A document is deemed filed when mailed if it is received by TRS within a timely manner under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 5 and the sender provides adequate proof of the mailing date. If the deputy director has docketed an appeal and referred it for an adjudicative hearing, documents shall be filed with the administrative law judge and a copy provided to the TRS docket clerk during the time the matter is pending before the administrative law judge.

Source Note: The provisions of this §43.6 adopted to be effective April 20, 1988, 13 TexReg 1672; amended to be effective December 1, 1989, 14 TexReg 4920; amended to be effective June 9, 1999, 24 TexReg 4249; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2115; amended to be effective March 8, 2007, 32 TexReg 1095; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 2002; amended to be effective March 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 1862