HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Economic Development SUBCOMMITTEE: Unemployment Insurance TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Thursday, March 22, 2001 PLACE: E2.030 CHAIR: Rep. Ken Yarbrough ___________________________________________________________________________ The subcommittee will consider invited testimony from the Texas Workforce Commission on the Texas Unemployment Insurance System. The subcommittee will also consider the following bills: HB 134 Deshotel Relating to disqualification for the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain periodic payments. HB 240 Lewis, Glenn Relating to eligibility of certain employees for unemployment compensation benefits after the birth or adoption of a child. HB 566 Deshotel Relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits. HB 567 Deshotel Relating to computation of the maximum and minimum benefit amounts for total unemployment under the unemployment compensation system. HB 1207 Brimer Relating to notice and protest rights of certain reimbursing employers under the unemployment compensation system. HB 1321 Brimer Relating to the eligibility of substitute teachers for unemployment compensation benefits. HB 1326 Brimer Relating to the computation of the initial contribution rate for certain employers for purposes of unemployment compensation. HB 1397 Brimer Relating to a study by the Texas Workforce Commission of fraud in the unemployment insurance system. HB 1708 Keffer Relating to contribution rates for cotton ginners for unemployment compensation purposes. HB 1931 Elkins Relating to certain disqualifications from eligibility for unemployment benefits. HB 2086 Yarbrough Relating to wages used to compute unemployment compensation taxes. HB 2213 Deshotel Relating to the adoption of an alternative base period for computation of unemployment compensation benefits. ___________________________________________________________________________