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79R2687 KSD-D

By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 791



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation 
system.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 208.002, Labor Code, is amended to read 
as follows:      
	Sec. 208.002.  [NOTICE OF] INITIAL CLAIM; LAST WORK.  (a)  
When used in connection with an initial claim, "last work" and 
"person for whom the claimant last worked" refer to:
		(1)  the last person for whom the claimant actually 
worked, if the claimant worked for that person in six or more 
consecutive weeks and was paid wages by that person equal to at 
least six times the claimant's weekly benefit amount; or
		(2)  the employer, as defined by Subchapter C, Chapter 
201, or by the unemployment law of any other state, for whom the 
claimant last worked.
	(b)  The commission shall mail a notice of the filing of an 
initial claim to the person for whom the claimant last worked before 
the effective date of the initial claim.  If the person for whom the 
claimant last worked has more than one branch or division operating 
at different locations, the commission shall mail the notice to the 
branch or division at which the claimant last worked.
	(c) [(b)]  Mailing of a notice under this section to the 
correct address of the person, branch, or division for which the 
claimant last worked constitutes notice of the claim to the person.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
a claim for unemployment compensation benefits that is filed with 
the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of 
this Act.  A claim filed before that date 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.