Sec. 404.102. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC COUNSEL. The public counsel shall administer and enforce this chapter, including preparing and submitting to the legislature a budget for the office and approving expenditures for professional services, travel, per diem, and other actual and necessary expenses incurred in administering the office.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.016, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle A - Texas Workers' Compensation Act
Chapter 404 - Office of Injured Employee Counsel
Subchapter C. General Powers and Duties of Office
Section 404.101. General Duties
Section 404.1015. Refusal to Provide or Termination of Services
Section 404.102. General Powers and Duties of Public Counsel
Section 404.103. Operation of Ombudsman Program
Section 404.104. Authority to Appear or Intervene
Section 404.105. Authority to Assist Individual Injured Employees in Administrative Procedures
Section 404.106. Legislative Report
Section 404.107. Access to Information by Public Counsel
Section 404.108. Legislative Recommendations
Section 404.109. Injured Employee Rights; Notice
Section 404.110. Applicability to Public Counsel of Confidentiality Requirements