87R3865 RDS-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the computation of unemployment compensation benefits
for an individual who is totally unemployed in a benefit period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 207.002(a), (b), and (c-1), Labor Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) An eligible individual who is totally unemployed in a
benefit period is entitled to benefits for the benefit period at the
rate of 2/43 [1/25] of the wages received by the individual from
employment by employers during that quarter in the individual's
base period in which wages were highest. For purposes of this
subsection, the wages received by the individual from employment by
employers during the individual's base period include wages ordered
to be paid to the individual by a final order of the commission
under Chapter 61 that:
(1) were due to be paid to the individual by an
employer during the individual's base period; and
(2) will be credited to the date or dates on which the
payment of those wages was due.
(b) The maximum weekly benefit amount is 60 [47.6] percent
of the average weekly wage in covered employment in this state. The
minimum weekly benefit amount is 15 [7.6] percent of the average
weekly wage in covered employment in this state.
(c-1) An increase in the maximum weekly benefit amount may
not exceed $14 in any year. An increase in the minimum weekly
benefit amount may not exceed $1 in any year. The limitations
prescribed by this subsection apply only to an increase that is
caused solely by an increase in the average weekly wage in covered
employment in this state.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 October 1, 2021.