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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exclusion from unemployment compensation |
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chargebacks for certain employers of continuously employed |
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part-time employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 204.022, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Benefits may not be charged to the account of an |
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employer, regardless of whether the liability for the chargeback |
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arises in the employee's current benefit year or in a subsequent |
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benefit year, if the employee: |
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(1) was employed by the employer on a part-time basis |
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on the date the employee became eligible for unemployment |
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compensation benefits as a result of losing the employee's |
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full-time employment with a different employer; and |
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(2) has remained continuously employed by the employer |
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on a part-time basis since that date. |
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SECTION 2. Section 204.022(f), Labor Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits |
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filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A claim filed before that date is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |