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SECTION 1. Section
207.021(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by
Chapter 215, an unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits for a
benefit period if the individual:
(1) has registered for work
at an employment office and has continued to report to the employment
office as required by rules adopted by the commission;
(2) has made a claim for
benefits under Section 208.001;
(3) is able to work;
(4) is available for and
actively seeking work;
(5) for the individual's
base period, has benefit wage credits:
(A) in at least two calendar
quarters; and
(B) in an amount not less
than 37 times the individual's benefit amount;
(6) after the beginning date
of the individual's most recent prior benefit year, if applicable, earned
wages in an amount equal to not less than six times the individual's
benefit amount;
(7) has been totally or
partially unemployed for a waiting period of at least seven consecutive
days; and
(8) participates in
reemployment services, such as a job search assistance service, if the
individual has been determined, according to a profiling system established
by the commission, to be likely to exhaust eligibility for regular benefits
and to need those services to obtain new employment, unless:
(A) the individual has
completed participation in such a service; or
(B) there is reasonable
cause, as determined by the commission, for the individual's failure to participate
in those services.
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SECTION 1. Section
207.021(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by
Chapter 215, an unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits for a
benefit period if the individual:
(1) has registered for work
at an employment office and has continued to report to the employment
office as required by rules adopted by the commission;
(2) has made a claim for
benefits under Section 208.001;
(3) is able to work;
(4) is available for work;
(5) is actively seeking
work in accordance with rules adopted by the
commission;
(6) for the
individual's base period, has benefit wage credits:
(A) in at least two calendar
quarters; and
(B) in an amount not less
than 37 times the individual's benefit amount;
(7) [(6)]
after the beginning date of the individual's most recent prior benefit
year, if applicable, earned wages in an amount equal to not less than six
times the individual's benefit amount;
(8) [(7)] has
been totally or partially unemployed for a waiting period of at least seven
consecutive days; and
(9) [(8)]
participates in reemployment services, such as a job search assistance
service, if the individual has been determined, according to a profiling
system established by the commission, to be likely to exhaust eligibility
for regular benefits and to need those services to obtain new employment,
unless:
(A) the individual has
completed participation in such a service; or
(B) there is reasonable
cause, as determined by the commission, for the individual's failure to
participate in those services.
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No
equivalent provision.
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SECTION 2. Section
207.0212(b), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding Section
207.021, the governor, by executive order, may suspend the waiting period
requirement imposed under Section 207.021(a)(8) [207.021(a)(7)]
to authorize an individual to receive benefits for that waiting period if
the individual:
(1) is unemployed as a
direct result of a natural disaster that results in a disaster declaration
by the president of the United States under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.);
(2) is otherwise eligible
for unemployment compensation benefits under this subtitle; and
(3) is not receiving
disaster unemployment assistance benefits for the period included in that
waiting period.
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SECTION 2. This Act takes
effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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SECTION 3. Same as introduced
version.
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