| 1 | 1 | | 81R8854 PB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ellis, Lucio S.B. No. 960 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to eligibility of certain job trainees for extended |
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| 8 | 8 | | unemployment compensation benefits. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 209.041, Labor Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 11 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 209.041. ELIGIBILITY FOR EXTENDED BENEFITS. (a) An |
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| 13 | 13 | | individual is eligible to receive extended benefits for a benefit |
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| 14 | 14 | | period of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period if, |
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| 15 | 15 | | with respect to the benefit period, the individual: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) has exhausted all regular benefits; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) satisfies the requirements of this subtitle for |
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| 18 | 18 | | the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to an |
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| 19 | 19 | | individual claiming extended benefits, including not being |
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| 20 | 20 | | disqualified for the receipt of benefits; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) has within the individual's base period received |
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| 22 | 22 | | benefit wage credits for employment by employers in an amount not |
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| 23 | 23 | | less than: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) 40 times the individual's weekly benefit |
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| 25 | 25 | | amount; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) 1-1/2 times the individual's high-quarter |
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| 27 | 27 | | benefit wage credits. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an individual is also |
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| 29 | 29 | | eligible to receive extended benefits for a benefit period of |
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| 30 | 30 | | unemployment in the individual's eligibility period if, with |
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| 31 | 31 | | respect to the benefit period, the individual: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) has exhausted all regular benefits; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) is participating in a training program approved by |
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| 34 | 34 | | the commission under Section 207.022. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 36 | 36 | | to a claim for extended unemployment compensation benefits that is |
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| 37 | 37 | | filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective |
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| 38 | 38 | | date of this Act. A claim filed before that date is governed by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | law in effect on the date that the claim was filed, and the former |
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| 40 | 40 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 42 | 42 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 43 | 43 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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