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AN ACT
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relating to the liability of reimbursing employers under the Texas |
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Unemployment Compensation Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 205, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 205.0125 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 205.0125. EXCEPTION FROM DUTY TO PAY REIMBURSEMENT. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a |
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reimbursing employer is not liable for paying a reimbursement for |
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benefits paid to an individual, regardless of whether the employer |
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was named as the individual's last work, if the individual's |
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separation from work with the employer resulted from the |
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individual: |
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(1) being discharged for misconduct; or |
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(2) voluntarily leaving work without good cause |
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connected with the individual's work. |
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(b) A reimbursing employer may contest reimbursements |
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billed to the employer by the commission in violation of this |
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section using the dispute resolution procedures prescribed by |
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Chapter 212 and rules adopted under that chapter. |
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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. 3373 was passed by the House on April |
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29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 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. 3373 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 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 |