By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 2831
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Economic Development; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to maximizing federal funding of extended unemployment
benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 209, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 209.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 209.025. FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED BENEFITS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the
commission by rule may adjust the extended benefit eligibility
period as necessary to maximize the receipt of any fully funded
federal extended unemployment benefits, if full federal funding for
those benefits is available.
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, 2011.
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