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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to exceptions to certain disqualifications from receiving |
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unemployment benefits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 207.045(b) and (d), Labor Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A [Except as provided by Subsection (c), a] |
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disqualification for benefits under this section continues until |
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the individual has returned to employment and: |
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(1) worked for six weeks; or |
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(2) earned wages equal to six times the individual's |
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benefit amount. |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an |
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individual who is available to work may not be disqualified for |
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benefits because the individual left work because of: |
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(1) a medically verified illness of the individual or |
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the individual's minor child; |
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(2) injury; |
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(3) disability; |
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(4) pregnancy; |
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(5) an involuntary separation as described by Section |
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207.046; [or] |
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(6) a move from the area of the individual's employment |
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that: |
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(A) was made with the individual's spouse who is |
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a member of the armed forces of the United States; and |
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(B) resulted from the spouse's permanent change |
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of station of longer than 120 days or a tour of duty of longer than |
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one year; or |
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(7) a move from the area of the individual's employment |
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that: |
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(A) was made with the individual's spouse who is |
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not a member of the armed forces of the United States; and |
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(B) resulted from a change in the location of the |
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spouse's employment. |
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SECTION 2. Section 207.045(c), Labor Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on a claim |
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that is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A claim filed before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the claim |
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was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |