H.B. No. 1637
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1637 was passed by the House on March
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1637 was passed by the Senate on May
7, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor