Bill Text: TX HB1432 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to restrictions or conditions on certain payments to the Texas Workforce Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB1432 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1432-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1432 |
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relating to restrictions or conditions on certain payments to the | ||
Texas Workforce Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 213, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 213.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 213.012. RESTRICTIONS OR CONDITIONS ON PAYMENTS | ||
PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "payment instrument" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 151.301, Finance Code. | ||
(b) A person may not place on a payment instrument remitted | ||
to the commission any restriction or condition purporting to limit | ||
the amount of contributions, penalties, or interest owed to the | ||
commission by an employer. | ||
(c) A restriction or condition in violation of this section | ||
is void. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1432 was passed by the House on April | ||
13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 4, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1432 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |