Bill Text: TX HB1580 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to excluding certain short-term employment from unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit disqualification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1580 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1580-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1580

AN ACT
relating to excluding certain short-term employment from
unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit
disqualification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 204.022, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Benefits computed on benefit wage credits of an
employee or former employee may not be charged to the account of an
employer if:
(1) the employment did not constitute suitable work
for the employee, as determined under Section 207.008; and
(2) the employee worked for the employer for less than
four weeks.
SECTION 2. Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
(g-1) An individual who voluntarily leaves the individual's
last work is not disqualified for benefits under this section if:
(1) at the time the last work began, the individual was
receiving benefits under this subtitle;
(2) the work did not constitute suitable work for the
individual, as determined under Section 207.008; and
(3) the individual was employed at the last work for
less than four weeks.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a claim for unemployment compensation benefits 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1580 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 7, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1580 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor