By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 695
(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2021; March 11, 2021,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
Economic Development; April 21, 2021, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 695 By: Zaffirini
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:
(1) by personal delivery;
(2) by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, or similar common carrier method to the employer's
address as shown by commission records; or
(3) if an attempt to serve a notice of the assessment
in a manner described by Subdivision (1) or (2) has been
unsuccessful, in another manner that is reasonably calculated to
give the employer notice of the assessment [in the manner provided
by law for service of process on a defendant in a civil action in
district court].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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