| 1 | 1 | | By: Orr, Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 916 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Economic Development; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, 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 the amount of a chargeback for unemployment |
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| 11 | 11 | | compensation benefits paid to a person who is partially unemployed. |
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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. Section 204.022, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a-1) Benefits computed on benefit wage credits of an |
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| 16 | 16 | | employee may not be charged to the account of an employer if the |
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| 17 | 17 | | employee continued to work the employee's customary hours for the |
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| 18 | 18 | | employer when the employee's benefit year began. This subsection |
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| 19 | 19 | | does not apply to a claim for unemployment benefits made under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Chapter 215. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 22 | 22 | | to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 25 | 25 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 28 | 28 | | * * * * * |
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