By Bivins S.B. No. 1151 76R8550 JMM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a disqualification from unemployment compensation 1-3 benefits for certain persons engaged in seasonal employment. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 207, Labor Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 207.054 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 207.054. SERVICES PERFORMED IN SEASONAL PLAY OR MUSICAL 1-8 PRODUCTION. (a) In this section: 1-9 (1) "Nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit 1-10 organization under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 1-11 (26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3)) that is exempt from income tax under 1-12 Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 1-13 501(a)). 1-14 (2) "Seasonal" means a period consisting of not more 1-15 than 17 consecutive weeks in a calendar year that recurs annually 1-16 at approximately the same time and during the same months each 1-17 calendar year. 1-18 (b) Benefits are not payable to an individual based on 1-19 seasonal services performed by the individual for a nonprofit 1-20 organization in connection with a seasonal play or musical 1-21 production for the organization, a principal purpose of which is 1-22 education or historical preservation regarding the state or a 1-23 region of the state, if the service is provided under a written 1-24 employment agreement limited to the specific temporary seasonal 2-1 period. 2-2 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-3 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies to 2-4 eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on an 2-5 unemployment compensation claim that is filed with the Texas 2-6 Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A 2-7 claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by 2-8 the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former 2-9 law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.