By Carona                                             S.B. No. 1134
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to employment classifications for unemployment purposes.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 204.001, Labor Code, is amended to read
 1-5     as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 204.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "manual" means
 1-7     the North American Industrial Classification System [Standard
 1-8     Industrial Classification] Manual published by the United States
 1-9     Office of Management and Budget.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-11     applies only to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits that
1-12     is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after that date.
1-13     A claim filed before that date is governed by the law in effect on
1-14     the date that the claim was filed, and the former law is continued
1-15     in effect for that purpose.