74R11767 JMM-F
By Madden H.B. No. 584
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 584:
By Oliveira C.S.H.B. No. 584
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a finding of fact, conclusion of law, or other
1-3 decision made by the Texas Employment Commission.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 213.007, Labor Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 213.007. COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL DOCTRINE INAPPLICABLE. A
1-8 finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment, or final order made
1-9 regarding a claim for benefits under this subtitle is not binding
1-10 and may not be used as evidence in an action or proceeding,
1-11 including an administrative proceeding of a state agency other than
1-12 the commission <other than an action or proceeding brought under
1-13 this subtitle>, even if the action or proceeding is between the
1-14 same or related parties or involves the same facts.
1-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-21 passage, and it is so enacted.