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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an individual's eligibility to receive unemployment |
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compensation benefits on the individual's waiting period claim. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 207.021(c), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an |
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individual is eligible to receive benefits on the individual's |
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waiting period claim in accordance with this subtitle if the |
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individual: |
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(1) [who] has been totally or partially unemployed for |
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at least seven consecutive days and has returned to full-time |
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employment; or |
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(2) has exhausted the individual's regular benefits |
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for the current benefit year, other than benefits applicable to the |
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waiting period [paid benefits in the individual's current benefit
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year equal to or exceeding three times the individual's benefit
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amount is eligible to receive benefits on the individual's waiting
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period claim in accordance with this subtitle]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the |
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Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |