1. (a) For adequate cause shown, the commission may permit retroactive or backdated work registrations and may permit the filing of retroactive or backdated work registrations and may permit the filing of retroactive or backdated claims in order to prevent hardship or injustice. Such work registrations and claims shall have the same effect as though prepared and filed on the earlier date. In the event a request for backdating a claim is approved prior to the filing of such claim, a claimant must file the backdated claim within 60 days of the date the backdating was authorized in order for the claim to be valid.
2. (b) On a finding by the commission that a foreign conflict creates an emergency situation which prevents the filing of claims in accordance with all of the provisions of §815.20 of this title (relating to Claim for Benefits) and that such emergency is likely to continue for an extended period, the executive director may permit the filing and payment of claims not meeting all of the requirements of §815.20 of this title (relating to Claim for Benefits). However, those requirements will be relaxed only to the extent that the executive director finds necessary to prevent hardship or injustice that would otherwise be caused by the emergency.

Source Note:The provisions of this §815.22 adopted to be effective July 27, 1982, 7 TexReg 2630; amended to be effective January 1, 1991, 15 TexReg 7373; transferred effective June 1, 1996, as published in the Texas Register June 18, 1996, 21 TexReg 5606; amended to be effective October 6, 1998, 23 TexReg 10049.