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| 1 | 1 | 87R1938 JSC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 255 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to liability for obtaining unemployment compensation | |
| 8 | 8 | benefits paid in error. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 214, Labor Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 214.0025 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 214.0025. LIABILITY FOR OBTAINING BENEFITS PAID IN | |
| 13 | 13 | ERROR. A person who has received benefits to which the person was | |
| 14 | 14 | not entitled that were paid to the person solely due to commission | |
| 15 | 15 | error is not liable for the amount of those benefits. The | |
| 16 | 16 | commission may not seek to recover the amount of those benefits from | |
| 17 | 17 | the person. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 214.0025, Labor Code, as added by this | |
| 19 | 19 | Act, applies to benefits paid before, on, or after the effective | |
| 20 | 20 | date of this Act. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |