General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 503
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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
to be read on three several days in each House be suspended, and said
Rule is hereby suspended, and this Act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.
Passed the House, April 17, 1963, by a non-record vote; and House
adopted H. C. R. No. 70 authorizing certain corrections April 30, 1963;
passed the Senate, April 18, 1963: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and Senate
adopted H. C. R. No. 70 authorizing certain corrections, May 2, 1963.
Approved May 18, 1963.
Effective 90 days after May 24, 1963, date of adjournment.
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION-NONRESIDENT EMPLOY.
ERS-SERVICE OF PROCESS
CHAPTER 188
H. B. No. 446
An Act amending Article 8306 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, relating
to workmen's compensation law, by amending Section 2 of that Article and
by adding a Section 2a; amending Section 2 of that Article to provide that
persons employed both within and without this State shall be counted in
determining the number of persons employed by any firm, person or corpora-
tion, whether the firm, person or corporation is resident within or without
this State; adding a Section 2a to that Article to provide that employment
of labor in Texas by a nonresident shall be equivalent to appointment by
such nonresident of the Chairman of the Industrial Accident Board of this
State as his agent for service of process in certain actions against said non-
resident to recover for injuries to employees occurring in the course of their
employment in this State, and to provide that the manner and method of
service in such cases shall be the same as that prescribed In Chapter 125,
Acts of the Forty-first Legislature, Regular Session, 1929, as amended; pro-
viding for severability; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. Section 2 of Article 8306 of the Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas, 1925,22 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. The provisions of this law shall not apply to actions to re-
cover damages for personal injuries nor for death resulting from personal
injuries sustained by domestic servants, farm laborers, ranch laborers,
nor to employees of any firm, person or corporation having in his or their
employ less than three (3) employees nor to the employees of any person,
firm or corporation operating any steam, electric, street, or interurban
railway as a common carrier. Any employer of three (3) or more em-
ployees at the time of becoming a subscriber shall remain a subscriber
subject to all the rights, liabilities, duties and exemptions of such, not-
withstanding after having become a subscriber the number of employees
may at times be less than three (3). In determining the number of persons
employed, under this Section, by any firm, person or corporation, persons
employed both within and without the State of Texas shall be counted
regardless of whether the firm, person or corporation is resident within
or without the State of Texas."
22. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306, f 2.
503Ch. 188
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