87R5201 SGM-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 695
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the service of a notice of assessment by the Texas
Workforce Commission under the Texas Unemployment Compensation
Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 213.032(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A notice of assessment shall be served on a defaulting
employer by one of the following methods:
(1) in the manner provided by law for service of
process on a defendant in a civil action in district court;
(2) by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, or similar common carrier method to the employer's last
known address as shown by commission records; or
(3) in another manner that is reasonably calculated to
give the employer actual notice of the assessment, but only after an
attempt to serve a notice of the assessment in a manner described by
Subdivision (1) or (2) has been unsuccessful.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.