By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 695

(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2021; March 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; April 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 21, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 695 By: Zaffirini

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the service of a notice of assessment by the Texas Workforce Commission under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 213.032(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A notice of assessment shall be served on a defaulting employer:

(1) by personal delivery;

(2) by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or similar common carrier method to the employer's address as shown by commission records; or

(3) if an attempt to serve a notice of the assessment in a manner described by Subdivision (1) or (2) has been unsuccessful, in another manner that is reasonably calculated to give the employer notice of the assessment [in the manner provided by law for service of process on a defendant in a civil action in district court].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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