- (a) After transfer to the Legal Division, pleadings and other documents shall be filed with the Docket Services Section of the Legal Division.
- (b) Pleadings and other documents filed with the Legal Division shall be deemed filed only when they are actually received by the Docket Services Section of the Legal Division. The time and date of filing shall be determined by the file stamp affixed thereon. Pleadings (other than exceptions, replies, motions for rehearing, and replies to motions for rehearing) containing 10 or fewer pages including exhibits may be filed by telephonic document transfer to the Docket Services Section. Pleadings filed after 5 p.m. local time of the commission shall be deemed filed the first day following that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or official state holiday. Pleadings filed by telephonic document transfer shall be considered filed after 5 p.m. local time if the last page of the pleading is received after 5 p.m. local time.
- (c) Pleadings and other documents shall be timely filed if received and stamped by the Docket Services Section of the Legal Division on or before 5 p.m. of the filing deadline.
Source Note:The provisions of this §1.24 adopted to be effective June 1, 1991, 16 TexReg 2289.