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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disqualification from receiving unemployment |
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benefits of individuals who resign from work in lieu of being |
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discharged for misconduct. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: |
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(g-2) An individual who left the individual's last work |
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voluntarily in lieu of being discharged for misconduct is |
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disqualified from receiving benefits, regardless of whether: |
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(1) the individual gave advance notice to the employer |
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of the individual's resignation; |
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(2) the individual was terminated by the employer |
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before the date stated in an advance notice of resignation as the |
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individual's last day of work; or |
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(3) the employer paid the individual for the entire |
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notice period. |
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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 governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |