Tex. Labor Code § 212.004: PAYMENT OF BENEFITS PENDING APPEAL.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, benefits shall be paid in accordance with a final determination.

(b) Benefits shall be paid promptly in accordance with:

(1) a determination or redetermination of an examiner;

(2) a decision of an appeal tribunal;

(3) a decision of the commission; or

(4) a decision of a reviewing court.

(c) Subsection (b) applies without regard to:

(1) any provision of this subtitle under which benefits may be paid or denied; or

(2) the pendency of:

(A) a period to:

(i) apply for reconsideration;

(ii) file an appeal; or

(iii) petition for judicial review;

(B) an application for reconsideration;

(C) an appeal; or

(D) a petition for judicial review.

(d) Benefits paid under a determination, redetermination, or decision continue until the determination, redetermination, or decision is modified or reversed by a subsequent redetermination or decision, and shall be paid or denied in accordance with the modifying or reversing redetermination or decision.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.