By: Miller of Comal, Fallon, Guillen H.B. No. 3373
(Senate Sponsor - Hancock)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 22, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the liability of reimbursing employers under the Texas
Unemployment Compensation Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 205, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 205.0125 to read as follows:
Sec. 205.0125. EXCEPTION FROM DUTY TO PAY REIMBURSEMENT.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
reimbursing employer is not liable for paying a reimbursement for
benefits paid to an individual, regardless of whether the employer
was named as the individual's last work, if the individual's
separation from work with the employer resulted from the
individual:
(1) being discharged for misconduct; or
(2) voluntarily leaving work without good cause
connected with the individual's work.
(b) A reimbursing employer may contest reimbursements
billed to the employer by the commission in violation of this
section using the dispute resolution procedures prescribed by
Chapter 212 and rules adopted under that chapter.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the
Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this
Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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