Bill Text: TX HB1339 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain volunteer firefighters and paramedics for unemployment compensation benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB1339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1339-Introduced.html
| 88R3937 RDS-F | ||
| By: Harless | H.B. No. 1339 | |
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| 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. | ||
