| 1 | 1 | | By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 2831 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Economic Development; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to maximizing federal funding of extended unemployment |
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| 11 | 11 | | benefits. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 209, Labor Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 209.025 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 209.025. FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED BENEFITS. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the |
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| 17 | 17 | | commission by rule may adjust the extended benefit eligibility |
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| 18 | 18 | | period as necessary to maximize the receipt of any fully funded |
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| 19 | 19 | | federal extended unemployment benefits, if full federal funding for |
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| 20 | 20 | | those benefits is available. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 26 | 26 | | * * * * * |
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