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| 1 | 1 | 81R1909 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 377 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits | |
| 8 | 8 | based on the claimant's availability to do part-time work. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 207.021, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) An individual is available for work for purposes of | |
| 13 | 13 | Subsection (a)(4) even if the individual is available only for | |
| 14 | 14 | part-time work if: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) the individual establishes to the satisfaction of | |
| 16 | 16 | the commission that the individual has a legitimate reason to limit | |
| 17 | 17 | the individual's employment to part-time work; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) the individual's last work was part-time work. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 207.021(d), Labor Code, as added by this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act, applies only to eligibility for unemployment compensation | |
| 21 | 21 | benefits based on a claim that is filed with the Texas Workforce | |
| 22 | 22 | Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A claim | |
| 23 | 23 | filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | |
| 24 | 24 | in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is | |
| 25 | 25 | continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |