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TX Lab Code § 206.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 206 - Unemployment Insurance Coverage|Section 206.003. Election of Coverage Regarding Services Not Constituting Employment

Sec. 206.003.  ELECTION OF COVERAGE REGARDING SERVICES NOT CONSTITUTING EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  An employing unit may elect for not less than two calendar years that all services that do not constitute employment and that are performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct establishments or places of business are to be considered employment for all purposes of this subtitle.(b)  An election under Subsection (a) must be in writing and be filed with the commission.(c)  On written approval by the commission of an election under Subsection (a), the services constitute employment during the period elected, beginning on the date stated in the approval.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 206.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 206 - Unemployment Insurance Coverage|Section 206.004. Termination of Coverage

Sec. 206.004.  TERMINATION OF COVERAGE.  (a)  An employing unit may cease to be an employer only on January 1 of a year and only if the commission finds that:(1)  the employing unit was not an employer during the preceding year;  or(2)  the employing unit has not had any individuals in employment during the preceding three calendar years.(b)  The commission may not make a finding under Subsection (a)(1) unless the employing unit files an application for termination of coverage with the commission on or after January 1 but before April 1 of the year for which termination is requested.  The commission may make a finding under Subsection (a)(2) without an application having been filed.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 206.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 206 - Unemployment Insurance Coverage|Section 206.005. Previous Rights Lost by Cessation of Coverage

Sec. 206.005.  PREVIOUS RIGHTS LOST BY CESSATION OF COVERAGE.  When an employing unit that ceased to be an employer subsequently becomes an employer, the employing unit is considered to be a new employer without regard to the rights that employing unit acquired when previously an employer.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 211.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 211 - Reciprocal Arrangements|Section 211.001. Location of Service for Unemployment Insurance Purposes

Sec. 211.001.  LOCATION OF SERVICE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PURPOSES.  The commission may enter into arrangements with an appropriate agency of another state or a federal agency under which an individual performing services in this and one or more other states for an employing unit is considered to be engaged in employment entirely in:(1)  this state;(2)  one of the other states in which the individual performs some of the services;(3)  the state of the individual's residence;  or(4)  the state in which the employing unit maintains a place of business.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 211.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 211 - Reciprocal Arrangements|Section 211.002. Location of Service of State Employees

Sec. 211.002.  LOCATION OF SERVICE OF STATE EMPLOYEES.  (a)  The commission may enter into a reciprocal arrangement with the appropriate agency of another state under which a state employee who performs services in the state that is not the employing state is considered to be engaged in employment performed entirely in the employing state.(b)  The commission shall enter the arrangement on request of an agency of this state that has an employee performing a service in another state.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 211.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 211 - Reciprocal Arrangements|Section 211.003. Combination of Wages and Employment

Sec. 211.003.  COMBINATION OF WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT.  The commission shall participate in an arrangement for the payment of benefits determined by combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this subtitle and the wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of another state or the United States, or both, if the arrangement is approved by the United States secretary of labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to ensure the prompt and full payment of benefits.  The arrangement must provide for:(1)  applying the base period of one unemployment compensation law to a claim that combines an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more unemployment compensation laws;  and(2)  avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment because of the combination.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 211.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 211 - Reciprocal Arrangements|Section 211.004. Offset for Overpayment of Unemployment Benefits

Sec. 211.004.  OFFSET FOR OVERPAYMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the commission may enter into a reciprocal arrangement with an appropriate state or federal agency, or both, that provides:(1)  an overpayment of benefits under this subtitle is recovered by offset from unemployment benefits otherwise payable under the unemployment compensation law of another state or of the United States;  and(2)  an overpayment of unemployment benefits under the unemployment compensation law of the other state or the United States are recovered by offset from benefits payable under this subtitle.(b)  A procedure for notice and opportunity for a hearing that applies to the recovery of an overpayment of unemployment benefits paid under this subtitle applies to an offset of those benefits under this section.(c)  In this section, "unemployment benefits" means unemployment compensation benefits, trade adjustment allowances, and other unemployment assistance.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 211.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 211 - Reciprocal Arrangements|Section 211.005. Interstate or Foreign Commerce

Sec. 211.005.  INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.  The commission may enter into a reciprocal arrangement with the appropriate agency of another state or federal agency, or both, under which service on a vessel or aircraft engaged in interstate or foreign commerce for a single employer is considered to be performed in this state or in another state, regardless of where the service is performed.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 211.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 211 - Reciprocal Arrangements|Section 211.006. Reciprocal Treatment by Federal Agency

Sec. 211.006.  RECIPROCAL TREATMENT BY FEDERAL AGENCY.  (a)  The commission may enter into an agreement with the proper agency under an Act of Congress establishing an unemployment compensation system to provide reciprocal treatment to an individual:(1)  who has acquired a right to unemployment compensation under the Act of Congress after acquiring a potential right to benefits under this subtitle;  or(2)  who has acquired a right to benefits under this subtitle after acquiring a potential right to unemployment compensation under the Act of Congress.(b)  An agreement under this section takes effect 10 days after the date on which the agreement is published in the manner provided for a rule.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 214.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.001. Fraudulently Obtaining Benefits or Other Payment

Sec. 214.001.  FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING BENEFITS OR OTHER PAYMENT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if, to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment, either for the person or another person, under this subtitle, the unemployment compensation law of another state, or any act or program of the United States that is administered by the commission, the person:(1)  makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false;  or(2)  knowingly fails to disclose a material fact.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 214.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.002. Liability for Improperly Obtaining Benefits

Sec. 214.002.  LIABILITY FOR IMPROPERLY OBTAINING BENEFITS.  (a)  A person who has received improper benefits is liable for the amount of the improper benefits.  The commission may recover improper benefits by:(1)  deducting the amount of the improper benefits from any future benefits payable to the person;(2)  collecting a refund from a claimant; or(3)  collecting the amount of the improper benefits for the compensation fund in the same manner provided by Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051 for the collection of past due contributions.(b)  In this section, "improper benefit" means the benefit obtained by a person:(1)  because of the nondisclosure or misrepresentation by the person or by another of a material fact, without regard to whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation was known or fraudulent;  and(2)  while:(A)  any condition imposed by this subtitle for the person's qualifying for the benefit was not fulfilled in the person's case;  or(B)  the person was disqualified from receiving benefits.(c)  The commission shall accept payment for benefits refunded by a claimant under Subsection (a)(2) by personal check, cashier's check, money order, debit card, electronic check, or electronic funds transfer.  The commission shall accept payment through the mail and by Internet, as applicable.  The commission may adopt rules to accept forms of payment not listed in this subsection.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 409 (S.B. 1801), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Lab Code § 214.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.003. Forfeiture or Cancellation of Benefits Paid and Remaining Benefits; Penalty

Sec. 214.003.  FORFEITURE OR CANCELLATION OF BENEFITS PAID AND REMAINING BENEFITS; PENALTY.  (a)  If, by wilful nondisclosure or misrepresentation of a material fact, whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation is made by the person or for the person by another, a person receives a benefit when a condition imposed by this subtitle for the person's qualifying for the benefit is not fulfilled or the person is disqualified from receiving the benefit:(1)  the person forfeits the:(A)  benefit received; and(B)  rights to benefits that remain in the benefit year in which the nondisclosure or misrepresentation occurred; and(2)  the commission shall require the person to pay a penalty in an amount equal to 15 percent of the amount forfeited under Subdivision (1)(A).(b)  If a person attempts to obtain or increase benefits by a nondisclosure or misrepresentation as provided by Subsection (a), the commission may cancel the person's right to benefits that remain in the benefit year in which the nondisclosure or misrepresentation occurred.(c)  A forfeiture, cancellation, or penalty imposed under this section is effective only after the person has been afforded an opportunity for a fair hearing before the commission or its duly designated representative.(d)  A person who is assessed a penalty by the commission under Subsection (a)(2) is liable for the amount of the penalty.  The commission may collect the penalty in the same manner as provided by Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051 for the collection of past-due contributions.  The commission shall deposit a penalty assessed under Subsection (a)(2) in the unemployment compensation fund established under Section 203.021.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (S.B. 658), Sec. 2, eff. October 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (S.B. 658), Sec. 3, eff. October 1, 2013.|
TX Lab Code § 214.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.004. Fraudulently Avoiding Contribution or Payment of Benefits

Sec. 214.004.  FRAUDULENTLY AVOIDING CONTRIBUTION OR PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person makes a false representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to:(1)  prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to an individual entitled to the benefits;(2)  avoid becoming or remaining subject to this subtitle;  or(3)  avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this subtitle.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 214.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.005. Failure or Refusal to Make Contribution or Other Payment

Sec. 214.005.  FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION OR OTHER PAYMENT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person wilfully fails or refuses to make a contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this subtitle.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 214.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.006. Offenses Regarding Reports and Records

Sec. 214.006.  OFFENSES REGARDING REPORTS AND RECORDS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person wilfully fails or refuses to:(1)  furnish a report required under this subtitle;  or(2)  produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required under this subtitle.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 214.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.007. General Offense

Sec. 214.007.  GENERAL OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person wilfully violates a provision of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle:(1)  the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under this subtitle;  and(2)  for which a penalty is not otherwise provided by this subtitle or any other applicable statute.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 214.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.008. Misclassification of Certain Workers; Penalty

Sec. 214.008.  MISCLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN WORKERS; PENALTY. (a) A person who contracts with a governmental entity to provide a service as defined by Section 2155.001, Government Code, shall properly classify, as an employee or independent contractor in accordance with Chapter 201, any individual the person directly retains and compensates for services performed in connection with the contract.(b)  In this subsection, "subcontractor" means a person directly retained and compensated by a person who contracts with a governmental entity to provide a service as defined by Section 2155.001, Government Code.  A subcontractor shall properly classify, as an employee or independent contractor in accordance with Chapter 201, any individual the subcontractor directly retains and compensates for services performed in connection with the contract for which the subcontractor is retained.(c)  A person who fails to properly classify an individual as required by Subsection (a) or (b) shall pay to the commission a penalty equal to $200 for each individual that the person has not properly classified.(d)  The commission may not take action to collect a penalty under this section from a person after the third anniversary of the date on which the violation occurred.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 335 (H.B. 2015), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Lab Code § 214.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle A - Texas Unemployment Compensation Act|Chapter 214 - Offenses, Penalties, and Sanctions|Section 214.009. Recovery of Covered Unemployment Compensation Debt Through Federal Treasury Offset Program

Sec. 214.009.  RECOVERY OF COVERED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION DEBT THROUGH FEDERAL TREASURY OFFSET PROGRAM.  (a)  In this section, "program" means the federal Treasury Offset Program authorized by 26 U.S.C. Section 6402(f).(b)  The commission may collect the following covered unemployment compensation debt through the program:(1)  a past-due debt for erroneous payment of benefits due to fraud that has become final under law and remains uncollected;(2)  a past-due debt for erroneous payment of benefits due to a person's failure to report earnings, even if non-fraudulent, that has become final under law and remains uncollected;(3)  a past-due employer contribution owed to the compensation fund for which the commission has determined the person to be liable and that remains uncollected; and(4)  any penalties and interest assessed by the commission on a debt described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).(c)  Before submitting covered unemployment compensation debt for recovery under the program, the commission must:(1)  notify the debtor by regular United States mail that the commission plans to recover the debt through the offset of any federal tax refund;(2)  provide the debtor at least 60 days following the date the notice is provided under Subdivision (1) to present to the commission evidence that all or part of the debt is not:(A)  legally enforceable;(B)  due to fraud or unreported earnings; or(C)  a contribution owed to the compensation fund; and(3)  consider any evidence presented by the debtor to determine the amount of debt that is legally enforceable and owed.(d)  In considering evidence presented by a debtor under Subsection (c), the commission may determine only whether the debtor has demonstrated that the debt is not subject to recovery through the program so that the commission is able to minimize erroneous offsets.  The commission may not review the initial determination establishing the debtor's liability.(e)  The commission shall assess against the debtor the cost of any administrative fee charged by the United States Department of the Treasury for each offset.  The commission may add the assessed amount to the covered unemployment compensation debt that is offset under the program.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 414 (H.B. 2732), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 208), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Lab Code § 303.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle B - Texas Workforce Commission; Workforce Development; Employment Services|Chapter 303 - Skills Development Fund|Section 303.001. Purpose; Definitions

Sec. 303.001.  PURPOSE;  DEFINITIONS.  (a)  The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative barriers that impede the response of public community and technical colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce development boards, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to industry and workforce training needs and to develop incentives for public community and technical colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce development boards, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to provide customized assessment and training in a timely and efficient manner.(b)  For purposes of this chapter:(1)  "Assessment" means the evaluation of an employer's workforce needs and requirements.(2)  "Community-based organization" means a private nonprofit organization, including a development corporation and faith-based organization, that:(A)  provides for education, vocational education, rehabilitation, job training, or internship services or programs;  and(B)  is exempt from the payment of federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments, by being listed as an exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of that code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 153, Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1120, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 700), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Lab Code § 303.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment|Subtitle B - Texas Workforce Commission; Workforce Development; Employment Services|Chapter 303 - Skills Development Fund|Section 303.002. Waiver

Sec. 303.002.  WAIVER.  (a)  The commission may review and recommend to the legislature the waiver of any requirements set forth in Title 3, Education Code, as they may apply to public community and technical colleges, that impede the ability of such a college to develop in a timely manner customized training for demand occupations in particular industries, including statutes or regulations limiting costs that may be recovered by a public community or technical college from state funds.(b)  A public community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service may recover customized assessment and training costs incurred by the institution if:(1)  there is an actual or projected labor shortage in the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met by an existing institution or program in the area; and(2)  the wages at the time of job placement for individuals who successfully complete customized training at the public community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service are equal to the prevailing wage for that occupation in the local labor market area.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 153, Sec. 2, eff. May 20, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 700), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|