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AN ACT
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relating to an individual's eligibility to receive unemployment |
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compensation benefits on the individual's waiting period claim. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 207.021(c), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an |
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individual is eligible to receive benefits on the individual's |
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waiting period claim in accordance with this subtitle if the |
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individual [who] has been paid benefits in the individual's current |
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benefit year equal to or exceeding two [three] times the |
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individual's benefit amount and: |
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(1) has returned to full-time employment after being |
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totally or partially unemployed for at least seven consecutive |
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days; or |
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(2) has exhausted the individual's regular benefits |
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for the current benefit year, other than benefits applicable to the |
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waiting period [is eligible to receive benefits on the individual's
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waiting period claim in accordance with this subtitle]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the |
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Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 931 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 931 was passed by the Senate on May |
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15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |