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1	1	88R2989 RDS-D
2	2	By: Turner H.B. No. 1055
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of
8	8	individuals who are unemployed due to certain labor disputes.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 207.048, Labor Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsections (a), (b), and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(a) An individual is disqualified for benefits for a benefit
14	14	period in which the individual's total or partial unemployment is
15	15	caused by[:
16	16	[(1)] the individual's stoppage of work because of a
17	17	labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises
18	18	where the individual is or was last employed[; or
19	19	[(2) a labor dispute at another place that:
20	20	[(A) is owned or operated by the same employing
21	21	unit that owns or operates the premises where the individual is or
22	22	was last employed; and
23	23	[(B) supplies material or services necessary to
24	24	the continued and usual operation of the premises where the
25	25	individual is or was last employed].
26	26	(b) Disqualification for benefits under this section does
27	27	not apply to an individual who shows to the satisfaction of the
28	28	commission that the individual:
29	29	(1) is not participating in, financing, or directly
30	30	interested in the labor dispute; [and]
31	31	(2) does not belong to a grade or class of workers any
32	32	members of which were employed at the premises of the labor dispute
33	33	immediately before the beginning of the labor dispute and any of
34	34	whom are participating in, financing, or directly interested in the
35	35	dispute;
36	36	(3) has been locked out of the individual's place of
37	37	employment; or
38	38	(4) has been placed on emergency leave without pay by
39	39	the individual's employer.
40	40	(f) For the purposes of this section:
41	41	(1) "Locked out" means the denial of entry by an
42	42	employer to the place of employment of employees of that employer
43	43	who have not:
44	44	(A) gone on strike; or
45	45	(B) notified the employer of a date on which the
46	46	employees intend to go on strike.
47	47	(2) "Premises" [, "premises"] includes a vessel.
48	48	(g) For the purposes of Subsection (b), the payment of
49	49	regular union dues by an individual does not constitute financing a
50	50	labor dispute.
51	51	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
52	52	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
53	53	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
54	54	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
55	55	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.