All applications, petitions, complaints, replies, and other pleadings seeking to institute any claim, complaint, or other proceeding under the Act, or relating to any such proceeding then pending (other than one that has become a "contested case"), shall be filed with the director at the offices of the system in Austin. Such instruments shall be deemed filed only when actually received, accompanied by the filing fee, if any, required by statute or by rules of the board. If a proceeding becomes a "contested case", documents shall thereafter be filed in accordance with §§101.16-101.22 of this title.

Source Note:The provisions of this §101.3 adopted to be effective July 27, 1976, 1 TexReg 1929; amended to be effective January 27, 2000, 25 TexReg 389.