By Deshotel                                            H.B. No. 134
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                                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.