By Carona S.B. No. 1133
77R2803 AEI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to an action by the Texas Workforce Commission to collect
1-3 certain debts of an acquired employer from the successor employer.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 204.086(b), Labor Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (b) If not paid, the commission may bring an action under
1-8 Chapter 213 [suit] for the collection of a contribution, a penalty,
1-9 or interest as though the contribution, penalty, or interest had
1-10 been incurred by the successor employer.
1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.