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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to |
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an individual during a benefit year under the state unemployment |
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insurance program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 207, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 207.0055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 207.0055. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BENEFITS; SLIDING SCALE. |
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(a) In this section, "state average unemployment rate" means the |
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average seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in this state, as |
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published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, during |
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the most recent completed calendar year quarter preceding the first |
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day of an individual's benefit year. |
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(b) The maximum amount of benefits payable to an eligible |
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individual during a benefit year is an amount determined by the |
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state average unemployment rate on a sliding scale as follows: |
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(1) 12 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is not greater than 5.5 percent; |
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(2) 13 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 5.6 percent but not greater than 6 percent; |
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(3) 14 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 6.1 percent but not greater than 6.5 percent; |
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(4) 15 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 6.6 percent but not greater than 7 percent; |
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(5) 16 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 7.1 percent but not greater than 7.5 percent; |
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(6) 17 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 7.6 percent but not greater than 8 percent; |
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(7) 18 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 8.1 percent but not greater than 8.5 percent; |
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(8) 19 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 8.6 percent but not greater than 9 percent; |
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(9) 20 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is greater than 9 percent but not greater than 9.5 percent; |
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(10) 21 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is at least 9.6 percent but not greater than 10 percent; and |
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(11) 27 times the individual's benefit amount, if the |
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rate is greater than 10 percent. |
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SECTION 2. Section 215.043(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An individual is not entitled to receive shared work |
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benefits and regular unemployment compensation benefits that |
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exceed the maximum total benefits payable to the individual in a |
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benefit year as provided by Section 207.0055 [207.005]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 207.005, Labor Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the Texas |
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Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024. |