Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2029 amends the Labor Code to apply the provisions of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act to employment by an Indian tribe in compliance with federal law. The bill requires a tribe to pay contributions under the same terms and conditions as other employers subject to the act. The bill also sets forth the circumstances under which a tribe may elect to make reimbursement for benefits instead of contributions in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the state or a political subdivision of the state. The bill requires that extended benefit payments not reimbursed by the federal government be charged to a tribe and provides for enforcement of the act against a tribe.