(a) When used in this chapter:
(1) the word "days" refers to calendar days, unless
otherwise specified; and
(2) a "business day" is any day that is not a Saturday,
a Sunday, a state or federal holiday (unless the commission is required
to be open for business), or a standard Federal Reserve bank holiday.
(b) A "day" or "business day" ends at:
(1) 5:00 p.m. Central Time for submissions by hand-delivery
to a commission office or by e-mail; and
(2) 11:59 p.m. Central Time for submissions through
the commission's internet-based application information management
system.
(c) Submissions by mail must be postmarked by the due
date.
(d) When computing periods of time prescribed or allowed
in subchapter D of this chapter:
(1) the day of the act, event, or default from which
the designated time period begins to run is not counted; and
(2) the last day of the time period is counted, unless
it is not a business day as defined by subsection (a)(2) of this section,
in which case the time period will end on the next business day.
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