By: Lucio S.B. No. 1590
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing the Texas Workforce Commission (Commission) to
cash a warrant with a restricted or conditional endorsement without
settling the amount of money due to the Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 213, Subtitle A, Title 4, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 213.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 213.012. RESTRICTED OR CONDITIONAL PAYMENTS
PROHIBITED. A restriction or condition placed on a negotiable
instrument or any other form of payment, physical or electronic, in
payment of contributions, penalties, or interest by the maker that
limits the amount of contributions, penalties, or interest owed to
an amount less than that calculated under this subtitle, reflected
on the statement of account, or shown by commission records, is void
unless the restriction or condition is authorized by this code.
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, 2017.