| 1 | | - | By: Miller of Comal, Fallon, Guillen H.B. No. 3373 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2015; |
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| 4 | | - | May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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| 5 | | - | Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported |
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| 6 | | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, |
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| 7 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 3373 |
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| 12 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 5 | | relating to the liability of reimbursing employers under the Texas |
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| 14 | 6 | | Unemployment Compensation Act. |
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| 15 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 205, Labor Code, is |
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| 17 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 205.0125 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 10 | | Sec. 205.0125. EXCEPTION FROM DUTY TO PAY REIMBURSEMENT. |
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| 19 | 11 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a |
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| 20 | 12 | | reimbursing employer is not liable for paying a reimbursement for |
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| 21 | 13 | | benefits paid to an individual, regardless of whether the employer |
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| 22 | 14 | | was named as the individual's last work, if the individual's |
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| 23 | 15 | | separation from work with the employer resulted from the |
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| 24 | 16 | | individual: |
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| 25 | 17 | | (1) being discharged for misconduct; or |
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| 26 | 18 | | (2) voluntarily leaving work without good cause |
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| 27 | 19 | | connected with the individual's work. |
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| 28 | 20 | | (b) A reimbursing employer may contest reimbursements |
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| 29 | 21 | | billed to the employer by the commission in violation of this |
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| 30 | 22 | | section using the dispute resolution procedures prescribed by |
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| 31 | 23 | | Chapter 212 and rules adopted under that chapter. |
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| 32 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 33 | 25 | | to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the |
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| 34 | 26 | | Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this |
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| 35 | 27 | | Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 36 | 28 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and |
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| 37 | 29 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 38 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 31 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 3373 was passed by the House on April |
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| 34 | + | 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 35 | + | voting. |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 38 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 3373 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 39 | + | 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 43 | + | Date |
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| 44 | + | _____________________ |
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| 45 | + | Governor |
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