S.B. No. 1072




AN ACT

relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission 
decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 212.202, Labor Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Judicial review under this subchapter is by trial de 
novo based on the substantial evidence rule.
	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.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1072 passed the Senate on 
April 16, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1072 passed the House on 
May 23, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor