87R1202 RDS-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 2129
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the maximum total extended benefit amount payable to an
individual under the unemployment compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 209.062, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 209.062. MAXIMUM TOTAL EXTENDED BENEFIT AMOUNT. The
total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual for
the individual's eligibility period is 60 [50] percent of the total
amount of regular benefits that were payable to the individual
under this subtitle in the individual's applicable benefit year.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for extended unemployment compensation benefits that is
filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective
date of this Act. A claim filed before that date is governed by the
law in effect on the date that the claim was filed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2021.