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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to liability for obtaining unemployment compensation |
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benefits paid in error. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 214, Labor Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 214.0025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 214.0025. LIABILITY FOR OBTAINING BENEFITS PAID IN |
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ERROR. A person who has received benefits to which the person was |
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not entitled that were paid to the person solely due to commission |
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error is not liable for the amount of those benefits. The |
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commission may not seek to recover the amount of those benefits from |
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the person. |
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SECTION 2. Section 214.0025, Labor Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies to benefits paid before, on, or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |