{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-415.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 415.009","heading":"FRIVOLOUS ACTIONS; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.","body":"A person commits an administrative violation if the person brings, prosecutes, or defends an action for benefits under this subtitle or requests initiation of an administrative violation proceeding that does not have a basis in fact or is not warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.273, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1162 (H.B. 2605), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 415. ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. PROHIBITED ACTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.415.htm#415.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"dd0c8e14a9cb681ac94bff5a036deb9bcae6db02ff7690fca1185b55793fdbce","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-415.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-415.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}