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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to unemployment compensation chargebacks regarding |
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certain persons employed as seasonal 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 (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-3) Benefits computed on benefit wage credits of a |
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seasonal employee or former seasonal employee may not be charged to |
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the account of an employer if at least 75 percent of the employees |
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employed by the employer during each of the most recent three |
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calendar years were employed as seasonal employees. In this |
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subsection, "seasonal employee" means an employee who, as a regular |
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course of the employee's conduct, engages in seasonal or cyclical |
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employment that does not continue throughout the entire year. |
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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 October 1, 2021. |