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AN ACT
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relating to unemployment compensation eligibility and chargebacks |
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regarding certain persons who leave work to attend training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 204.022(e), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) 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's last separation from the employer's |
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employment before the employee's benefit year was or would have |
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been excepted from disqualification under Section 207.023(b)(2) or |
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207.045(j) [207.052(b)]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) An individual is not disqualified for benefits under |
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this section if: |
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(1) the individual left the individual's last work to |
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attend commission-approved training under Section 207.022; and |
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(2) the individual's last work did not constitute |
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suitable work for the individual, as determined under Section |
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207.008. |
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SECTION 3. Section 207.052, Labor Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the Texas |
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Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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claim filed before the effective date of this Act 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2034 was passed by the House on April |
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11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2034 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |