87R1938 JSC-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 255
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability for obtaining unemployment compensation
benefits paid in error.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 214, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Section 214.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.0025. LIABILITY FOR OBTAINING BENEFITS PAID IN
ERROR. A person who has received benefits to which the person was
not entitled that were paid to the person solely due to commission
error is not liable for the amount of those benefits. The
commission may not seek to recover the amount of those benefits from
the person.
SECTION 2. Section 214.0025, Labor Code, as added by this
Act, applies to benefits paid before, on, or after the effective
date of this Act.
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.