| (a) CRD shall defer a complaint subject to Texas Labor Code §21.155(a) to a local commission within five working days of the date the complaint is received. (b) A local commission may waive its right to the period of exclusive processing of a complaint with respect to any complaint or category of complaint by deferring a matter under its jurisdiction to CRD, pursuant to Texas Labor Code §21.156. (c) All complaints received by CRD subject to deferral to a local commission shall be dated and time stamped upon receipt. (d) CRD shall transmit a copy of a complaint it receives that is subject to deferral to a local commission by certified mail to the appropriate local commission. Proceedings by the local commission are deemed to have commenced on the date such complaint is mailed. (e) A local commission shall transmit to CRD by certified mail, a copy of a complaint deferred to it by EEOC and over which CRD has deferral jurisdiction. (f) CRD shall notify the complainant and respondent in writing that it has forwarded the complaint to the local commission. |
