By: Vo (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1657
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources and Economic Development; May 15, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 15, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of an experience-rated employer's
eligibility for a surplus credit rate under the Texas Unemployment
Compensation Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 204.0652(d), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) An employer may not receive a surplus credit rate if any
delinquent contributions are due on the computation [contribution]
date, but is eligible for a surplus credit rate beginning on the
calendar quarter following the quarter in which the delinquent
contributions are paid.
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, 2015.
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