By:  Hodge                                                        H.B. No. 1245

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1245:                                   

By:  Homer                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 1245



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of 
individuals who are unemployed due to certain labor disputes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 207.048, Labor Code, is amended by 
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read 
as follows:
	(a)  An individual is disqualified for benefits for a benefit 
period in which the individual's total or partial unemployment is 
caused by[:
		[(1)]  the individual's stoppage of work because of a 
labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises 
where the individual is or was last employed[; or
		[(2)  a labor dispute at another place that:                 
			[(A)  is owned or operated by the same employing 
unit that owns or operates the premises where the individual is or 
was last employed; and
			[(B)  supplies material or services necessary to 
the continued and usual operation of the premises where the 
individual is or was last employed].
	(b)  Disqualification for benefits under this section does 
not apply to an individual who shows to the satisfaction of the 
commission that the individual:
		(1)  is not participating in, financing, or directly 
interested in the labor dispute; [and]
		(2)  does not belong to a grade or class of workers any 
members of which were employed at the premises of the labor dispute 
immediately before the beginning of the labor dispute and any of 
whom are participating in, financing, or directly interested in the 
dispute; or
		(3)  has been placed on emergency leave without pay by 
the individual's employer.
	(g)  For the purposes of Subsection (b), the payment of 
regular union dues by an individual does not constitute financing a 
labor dispute.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.