88R3937 RDS-F
 
  By: Harless H.B. No. 1339
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain volunteer firefighters and
  paramedics for unemployment compensation benefits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 201, Labor Code, is
  amended by adding Section 201.079 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.079.  SERVICE AS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR
  PARAMEDIC. In this subtitle, "employment" does not include service
  performed by an individual as a volunteer firefighter or paramedic
  for which the only remuneration for the service is compensation for
  not more than two 12-hour shifts each week, regardless of whether
  the individual is certified to perform that service by an
  appropriate entity.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits that is filed
  with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date
  of this Act.  A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.