Bill Text: TX HB3373 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the liability of reimbursing employers under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3373-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3373 |
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relating to the liability of reimbursing employers under the Texas | ||
Unemployment Compensation Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 205, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 205.0125 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 205.0125. EXCEPTION FROM DUTY TO PAY REIMBURSEMENT. | ||
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a | ||
reimbursing employer is not liable for paying a reimbursement for | ||
benefits paid to an individual, regardless of whether the employer | ||
was named as the individual's last work, if the individual's | ||
separation from work with the employer resulted from the | ||
individual: | ||
(1) being discharged for misconduct; or | ||
(2) voluntarily leaving work without good cause | ||
connected with the individual's work. | ||
(b) A reimbursing employer may contest reimbursements | ||
billed to the employer by the commission in violation of this | ||
section using the dispute resolution procedures prescribed by | ||
Chapter 212 and rules adopted under that chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3373 was passed by the House on April | ||
29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3373 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |