Sec. 96.308.  HEARING ON CLAIM;  APPEAL OF ADVERSE DETERMINATION OF CLAIM.  (a)  A claimant may appeal an adverse determination of a claim by filing suit on the claim in a district court of Travis County within three months after the date on which notice is mailed under Section 96.307.
(b)  The determination on a claim becomes final on the expiration of the period prescribed by Subsection (a) if suit is not filed in accordance with that subsection.
(c)  Review by a district court under Subsection (a) is by trial de novo.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.