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	On page 2, after line 21, insert the following language 
amending Section 208.002, Labor Code by adding new SECTION 3 and 
renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	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.