Bill Text: TX HB983 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of temporary election officers for unemployment compensation.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB983 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB983-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 983 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of temporary election officers for | ||
| unemployment compensation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 201.063(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this subtitle, "employment" does not include: | ||
| (1) service in the employ of a political subdivision | ||
| or of an instrumentality of a political subdivision that is wholly | ||
| owned by one or more political subdivisions: | ||
| (A) as an elected official; | ||
| (B) as a member of a legislative body; | ||
| (C) as a member of the judiciary; | ||
| (D) as a temporary employee in case of fire, | ||
| storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency; [ |
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| (E) in a position that is designated under law as | ||
| a major nontenured policy-making or advisory position or a | ||
| policy-making or advisory position that ordinarily does not require | ||
| more than eight hours of service each week; or | ||
| (F) as an election official or worker if the | ||
| remuneration received by the individual during the calendar year is | ||
| less than $1,000; | ||
| (2) service in the employ of a foreign government, | ||
| including service as a consular or other officer or employee or as a | ||
| nondiplomatic representative; | ||
| (3) service in the employ of an instrumentality wholly | ||
| owned by a foreign government if: | ||
| (A) the service is similar to service performed | ||
| in a foreign country by an employee of the United States government | ||
| or an instrumentality of that government; and | ||
| (B) the United States secretary of state has | ||
| certified to the United States secretary of the treasury that the | ||
| foreign government grants an equivalent exemption for similar | ||
| services performed in the foreign country by an employee of the | ||
| United States government or an instrumentality of the United States | ||
| government; | ||
| (4) service in the employ of the United States | ||
| government or an instrumentality of the United States exempt under | ||
| the United States Constitution from the contributions imposed by | ||
| this subtitle; or | ||
| (5) service described by Subdivisions (1)-(3) | ||
| performed in the employ of an Indian tribe. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 983 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 983 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
