Bill Text: TX SB2100 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the repayment of unemployment benefits paid in error.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB2100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2100-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2100 | |
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| relating to the repayment of unemployment benefits paid in error. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 214, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 214.0025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 214.0025. REPAYMENT OF BENEFITS PAID IN ERROR. (a) | ||
| This section applies only to benefits to which a person was not | ||
| entitled that were paid to the person solely due to commission | ||
| error. | ||
| (b) The commission by rule shall establish a procedure under | ||
| which a person to whom benefits described by Subsection (a) have | ||
| been paid may, on request, repay the full or a partial amount of | ||
| those benefits under a repayment plan regardless of whether the | ||
| person is also requesting or receiving benefits under this chapter. | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall: | ||
| (1) establish a procedure under which a person to whom | ||
| benefits described by Subsection (a) have been paid may apply to the | ||
| commission for a waiver of the requirement to repay the amount of | ||
| the benefits, or a portion of that amount, due to financial | ||
| hardship; and | ||
| (2) prescribe criteria to be used by the commission in | ||
| granting or denying a full or partial waiver under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt all | ||
| necessary rules and prescribe all necessary forms to comply with | ||
| Section 214.0025, Labor Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection | ||
| (b) of this section, Section 214.0025, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to unemployment benefits paid in error on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) A person to whom unemployment benefits were paid in | ||
| error before the effective date of this Act may request a repayment | ||
| plan or apply for a waiver of the repayment requirement under | ||
| Section 214.0025, Labor Code, as added by this Act, with respect to | ||
| any outstanding amount of those benefits owed to the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission by the person on that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2021. | ||
