By Elkins H.B. No. 1931
77R4548 JMM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain disqualifications from eligibility for
1-3 unemployment benefits.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 207.047, Labor Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if during the
1-9 individual's current benefit year, the individual failed, without
1-10 good cause, to:
1-11 (1) apply for available, suitable work when directed
1-12 to do so by the commission;
1-13 (2) accept suitable work offered to the individual;
1-14 [or]
1-15 (3) return to the individual's customary
1-16 self-employment, if any, when directed to do so by the commission;
1-17 or
1-18 (4) make at least five job contacts in each week for
1-19 which benefits are claimed.
1-20 (c) For purposes of Subsection (a), the commission may
1-21 direct the individual to maintain, for at least two years, records
1-22 regarding the individual's search for employment, including a list
1-23 showing each job contact made during each week for which benefits
1-24 are claimed and documentation of each contact. The commission by
2-1 rule shall specify the form for the list of job contacts and define
2-2 the types of documents that serve as documentation of a job
2-3 contact. The commission by rule shall define the nature of the job
2-4 contacts that satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a)(4).
2-5 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-6 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies to
2-7 eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on an
2-8 unemployment compensation claim that is filed with the Texas
2-9 Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A
2-10 claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
2-11 the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former
2-12 law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-13 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-14 Amend H.B. 1931 as follows:
2-15 (1) On page 1, line 6, strike "and adding Subsection (c)"
2-16 after "(a)" and before "to".
2-17 (2) On page 1, line 18, strike "five" and substitute "three"
2-18 after "least" and before "job".
2-19 (3) On page 1, line 20, through page 2, line 4, strike
2-20 Subsection (c).
2-21 Seaman