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Tex. Lab. Code § 408.128

COMMUTATION OF IMPAIRMENT INCOME BENEFITS

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401–419 (623 sections).

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

(a) An employee may elect to commute the remainder of the impairment income benefits to which the employee is entitled if the employee has returned to work for at least three months, earning at least 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage.

(b) An employee who elects to commute impairment income benefits is not entitled to additional income benefits for the compensable injury.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.