By Carona                                             S.B. No. 1133
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                                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.