HBA-NLM H.B. 2126 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2126
By: Solis, Jim
Economic Development
3/10/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires an applicant for unemployment benefits to be screened
to determine the applicant's eligibility based on wages earned during a
week. Since the eligibility screening requirement is solely based on earned
wages,  it is possible for individuals to receive unemployment while
working 40 hours a week or more. The purpose of this bill is to create a
time-screening requirement in addition to the wage-screening requirement.
H.B. 2126 provides that an individual is not considered unemployed and is
not eligible to receive benefits for any benefit period in which the
individual works at least 40 hours, regardless of the amount of wages the
individual earns during the benefit period. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 201.091, Labor Code, by adding Subsection (e),
to provide that an individual is not considered unemployed and is not
eligible to receive benefits for any benefit period in which the individual
works at least 40 hours, regardless of the amount of wages the individual
earns during the benefit period. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.  
            Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.