By Garcia H.B. No. 159
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the computation of certain workers' compensation income
1-3 benefits.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 408.061(b) and (c), Labor Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A weekly impairment income benefit may not exceed 100
1-8 [70] percent of the state average weekly wage rounded to the
1-9 nearest whole dollar.
1-10 (c) A weekly supplemental income benefit may not exceed 100
1-11 [70] percent of the state average weekly wage rounded to the
1-12 nearest whole dollar.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-14 applies only to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on
1-15 a compensable injury that occurs on or after that date. A claim
1-16 based on a compensable injury that occurs before that date is
1-17 governed by the law in effect on the date that the compensable
1-18 injury occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-19 purpose.