79R666 JMM-D

By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 306



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disqualification of certain persons for 
unemployment benefits.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 207, Labor Code, is 
amended by adding Section 207.054 to read as follows:
	Sec. 207.054.  JUDICIAL BRIEFING ATTORNEYS.  Benefits are 
not payable to an individual based on services performed as a 
briefing attorney for a court in this state if the individual:
		(1)  performed the services for not more than one year;  
and         
		(2)  had notice at the time the services began that the 
individual's service as a briefing attorney would not exceed one 
year.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act by the 
enactment of Section 207.054, Labor Code, applies only to 
eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on an 
unemployment compensation claim that is filed with the Texas 
Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 
law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law  is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.