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 §§121.12-21.22 of this title (relating to Contest of Application: Form and Content; Notice of Prehearing Disposition; Procedure for Obtaining Hearing of Claim Denied in Whole or in Part by Director; Hearing of Conflicting and Protested Claims; Conduct of Contested Case Hearings; Proposal for Decision; Filing of Exceptions to Proposal, Briefs, and Replies; Board Consideration and Action; Final Decisions and Orders; When Decisions Become Final; Motions for Rehearing; Rendering of Final Decision or Order; The Record).

Source Note:The provisions of this §121.3 adopted to be effective January 22, 2001, 26 TexReg 980.