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AN ACT
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relating to the statute of limitations applicable to the collection |
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of a contribution, a penalty, or interest 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. Sections 213.033(b) and (c), Labor Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The following actions suspend the running of the |
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limitations period prescribed under Subsection (a): |
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(1) an administrative hearing to redetermine the |
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liability for a contribution, a penalty, or interest pending before |
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the commission; [and] |
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(2) a judicial proceeding to redetermine the liability |
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for a contribution, a penalty, or interest pending in a court of |
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competent jurisdiction; and |
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(3) [(2)] a bankruptcy case begun under Title 11 of |
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the United States Code pending before the court. |
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(c) After a hearing, proceeding, or case described by |
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Subsection (b) is closed, the running of the limitations period |
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prescribed under Subsection (a) resumes. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1433 was passed by the House on April |
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13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 4, 3 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. 1433 was passed by the Senate on May |
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12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |