79R2689 JMM-D

By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 788



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for certain unemployment compensation 
benefits.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 207.021(c), Labor Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an 
individual is eligible to receive benefits on the individual's 
waiting period claim in accordance with this subtitle if the 
individual [who] has been paid benefits in the individual's current 
benefit year equal to the amount of [or exceeding three times] the 
individual's maximum benefit amount minus the amount of the 
individual's weekly benefit [is eligible to receive benefits on the 
individual's waiting period claim in accordance with this 
subtitle].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 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.