| 1 | 1 | | By: Reynolds (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1580 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Economic Development; May 13, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 13, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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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 excluding certain short-term employment from |
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| 11 | 11 | | unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit |
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| 12 | 12 | | disqualification. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 204.022, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a-1) Benefits computed on benefit wage credits of an |
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| 17 | 17 | | employee or former employee may not be charged to the account of an |
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| 18 | 18 | | employer if: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the employment did not constitute suitable work |
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| 20 | 20 | | for the employee, as determined under Section 207.008; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the employee worked for the employer for less than |
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| 22 | 22 | | four weeks. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (g-1) An individual who voluntarily leaves the individual's |
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| 26 | 26 | | last work is not disqualified for benefits under this section if: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) at the time the last work began, the individual was |
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| 28 | 28 | | receiving benefits under this subtitle; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) the work did not constitute suitable work for the |
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| 30 | 30 | | individual, as determined under Section 207.008; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) the individual was employed at the last work for |
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| 32 | 32 | | less than four weeks. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 34 | 34 | | a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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| 36 | 36 | | claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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| 37 | 37 | | law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is |
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| 38 | 38 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 40 | 40 | | * * * * * |
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