By Deshotel H.B. No. 134
77R866 PB-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to disqualification for the receipt of unemployment
1-3 compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain periodic
1-4 payments.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 207.050(b), Labor Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (b) If a periodic payment described by Subsection (a) is
1-9 received by an individual who has contributed to the payment [under
1-10 the federal Social Security Act], the commission shall consider the
1-11 individual's contribution and may not reduce the weekly benefit
1-12 amount.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-14 applies only to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits that
1-15 is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after that date.
1-16 A claim filed before that date is governed by the law in effect on
1-17 the date the claim was filed, and the former law is continued in
1-18 effect for that purpose.