By: Turner of Tarrant, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1637
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 2009;
April 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Economic Development; April 29, 2009, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 29, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to normal weekly hours of work under the shared work
unemployment compensation program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 215.001(3), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the number of
hours in a week that an employee ordinarily works for a
participating employer or an average of 40 hours per week over a
two-week pay period, whichever is less.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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