HBA-TYH H.B. 1333 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1333 By: Hardcastle Economic Development 6/2/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior to the 76th Legislature, employers were mailed notices of maximum potential chargebacks of unemployment benefits paid to their former employees. These chargebacks to their unemployment tax accounts were included in the formula for calculating their tax rates and could have resulted in an increase in the tax rates. Employers were given 14 days to protest their chargebacks. This time frame may have led to late responses, which resulted in automatic chargebacks to the employers' accounts. H.B. 1333 increases the time allowed for employers to protest chargebacks to their unemployment tax accounts from 14 to 30 days. Benefit payments to unemployed claimants would not be affected. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 204.024, Labor Code, to change the time limit within which an employer may protest potential chargebacks under the unemployment compensation system from within 14 days to within 30 days after the date the notice of the employer's maximum potential chargebacks is mailed. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.