Title LA, Labor Code

Sec. 204.103. RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS. (a) The rate of the contribution required under Section 204.101 for each calendar year is equal to the greater of: (1) one-tenth of one percent; or (2) the percentage, adjusted to the next higher one-tenth of one per…

Sec. 204.104. ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS. The commission shall account separately for benefits paid and contributions collected under this subchapter, and these benefits and contributions may not be used in determining contribution rates under Subchapters A, B, C, and …

Sec. 204.105. PAST DUE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A governmental employer that fails to pay a contribution due under this subchapter on the date it is due as prescribed by the commission is subject to the same penalties as provided for other employers under Section 213.021. (b) The provi…

Sec. 204.106. REPORTS AND RECORDS. (a) A governmental employer shall keep records and file reports with the commission relating to individuals in its employ as required by rules adopted by the commission. (b) A governmental employer that does not keep the records or file the repo…

Sec. 204.121. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INVESTMENT ASSESSMENT. (a) In addition to any other taxes imposed under this subtitle, an employment and training investment assessment is imposed on or after January 1, 2006, on each employer paying contributions under this subtitle as a sep…

Sec. 204.122. HOLDING FUND. (a) The employment and training investment holding fund is a special trust fund outside of the state treasury in the custody of the comptroller separate and apart from all public money or funds of this state. (b) The comptroller shall administer the ho…

Sec. 204.123. TRANSFER TO SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND, TRAINING STABILIZATION FUND, AND COMPENSATION FUND. (a) If, on September 1 of a year, the commission determines that the amount in the compensation fund will exceed 100 percent of its floor as computed under Section 204.061 on th…

Sec. 205.001. REIMBURSEMENTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. (a) A state, a political subdivision of a state, an Indian tribe, or an instrumentality of a state, political subdivision of a state, or Indian tribe may elect to pay reimbursements for benefits instead of cont…

Sec. 205.002. ELECTION BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. (a) A nonprofit organization that is described by Section 201.023 or a group of those organizations subject to this subtitle may elect to pay reimbursements for benefits instead of contributions. (b) An election under this section…

Sec. 205.003. COMMISSION TERMINATION OF ELECTION. (a) The commission may terminate an employer's election to make reimbursements if the employer is delinquent in making reimbursements under this chapter. (b) A termination under this section takes effect at the beginning of the ne…

Sec. 205.004. ELECTION BY INDIAN TRIBE. (a) An Indian tribe that elects to make reimbursements for benefits instead of contributions shall make the election under this chapter in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the state or a political subdivision of the sta…

Sec. 205.011. APPLICABILITY OF SUBTITLE; WAIVER BY REIMBURSING EMPLOYER. (a) A reimbursing employer is entitled to the rights and privileges and subject to the duties and responsibilities of all provisions of this subtitle other than the following provisions of Chapter 204, which…

Sec. 205.012. PAYMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT. A reimbursing employer shall pay a reimbursement to the commission in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted by the commission. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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 l…

Sec. 205.013. BILLING; AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENTS. (a) A reimbursing employer shall pay to the commission an amount equal to the regular benefits plus, except as provided by Subsection (c), one-half of the extended benefits paid during that quarter that are attributable to service …

Sec. 205.014. PROPORTIONATE ALLOCATION OF BENEFIT COSTS--MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYER AND AT LEAST ONE REIMBURSING EMPLOYER. If benefits to an individual are computed on benefit wage credits earned from more than one employer, at least one of whom is a reimbursing employer, the amount …

Sec. 205.015. CONTINUED LIABILITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. An employer who has elected reimbursement under Section 205.001 or 205.002 shall pay reimbursements for benefits that are attributable to service in the employ of the employer during the period of the election, even if the empl…

Sec. 205.016. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT REIMBURSEMENT; EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT CERTAIN REPORTS. A reimbursing employer who fails to pay a reimbursement on the date on which the reimbursement is due, or who fails to submit records and reports, as prescribed by the commission, i…

Sec. 205.017. DELINQUENT GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS. The commission shall notify the comptroller in writing of the name of a governmental employer that is delinquent in payment of reimbursements under this subtitle and the amount of the delinquency. On receipt of the notice, the comp…

Sec. 205.018. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS FROM COMPENSATION FUND; NO EFFECT ON REPLENISHMENT RATIO. Benefits computed on wages earned from a reimbursing employer and reimbursements for the benefits may not be used in computing the replenishment ratio under Section 204.045. Acts 1993, 73r…

Sec. 205.019. REIMBURSEMENT FROM NON-TREASURY FUNDS. (a) A branch, department, or other instrumentality of this state that reimburses the commission with funds that are held outside the state treasury shall reimburse the commission by writing a check to the commission for deposit…

Sec. 205.021. APPROVAL OF GROUP ACCOUNT; EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) On approval of an application submitted by two or more reimbursing employers, the commission shall establish a group account for the employers to share the cost of benefits that are attributable to service in the employ…

Sec. 205.022. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF GROUP ACCOUNT. (a) A group account must remain in effect for not less than two years. (b) After two years, the account may be terminated at the discretion of the commission or on application by the group. The termination is effective Janu…

Sec. 205.023. GROUP MEMBER'S REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT. On establishment of a group account, each member of the group is liable for reimbursements for each calendar quarter in the amount that bears the same ratio to the total benefits paid in the quarter attributable to service in the…

Sec. 205.024. REPORTS AND RECORDS. Each member of a group shall keep accurate employment records and submit reports as required by the commission relating to persons employed by the member. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 205.025. COMMISSION RULES. The commission shall as necessary adopt rules on: (1) an application for the establishment, maintenance, and termination of a group account authorized by this subchapter; (2) the type of records to be kept and reports to be submitted by a group of …

Sec. 205.031. BOND. (a) The commission may require a reimbursing employer or group of reimbursing employers to execute and file with the commission a surety bond approved by the commission. (b) The amount of the bond shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the com…

Sec. 205.032. ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS. The commission may provide additional safeguards as necessary to ensure that a reimbursing employer pays the reimbursements required under Subchapters B and C. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. SUBCHAPTER E. STATE ELEC…

Sec. 205.041. STATE ELECTION TO BE REIMBURSING EMPLOYER. (a) This state is a reimbursing employer subject to this subtitle for all services performed in the employ of: (1) this state; (2) a branch or department of this state; or (3) an instrumentality of this state that is not ot…

Sec. 205.042. COVERAGE OF STATE EMPLOYEES WORKING OUTSIDE STATE. If the commission is unable to execute a reciprocal agreement under Chapter 211 to cover an employee of this state who works outside this state, the employing agency shall become a reimbursing employer if permitted …

Sec. 206.001. YEARLY COVERAGE. An employing unit that is or becomes an employer in a calendar year is subject to this subtitle during that entire calendar year. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 206.002. ELECTION OF COVERAGE AS EMPLOYER. (a) An employing unit that is not otherwise subject to this subtitle may elect coverage as an employer for not less than two calendar years. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an employing unit to which Section 205.001 or 205.002 …

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 …

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 …

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 e…

Sec. 207.001. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS. Benefits are paid through the commission in accordance with rules adopted by the commission and are due and payable under this subtitle only to the extent provided by this subtitle. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 207.002. BENEFITS FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT. (a) An eligible individual who is totally unemployed in a benefit period is entitled to benefits for the benefit period at the rate of 1/25 of the wages received by the individual from employment by employers during that quarter in t…

Sec. 207.003. BENEFITS FOR PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT. (a) An eligible individual who is partially unemployed in a benefit period is entitled to partial benefits for that benefit period. (b) The amount of a partial benefit is computed by: (1) adding the individual's benefit amount and …

Sec. 207.004. BENEFIT WAGE CREDITS. (a) The commission shall credit as benefit wage credits during an individual's base period: (1) wages the individual received for employment from an employer during the individual's base period; and (2) wages ordered to be paid by a final order…

Sec. 207.005. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BENEFITS. The maximum amount of benefits payable to an eligible individual during a benefit year may not exceed the lesser of: (1) 26 times the individual's benefit amount; or (2) 27 percent of the individual's benefit wage credits. Acts 1993, 73rd…

Sec. 207.006. ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFITS. If a benefit rate or benefit payable computed under this chapter is not a multiple of $1, the benefit rate or benefit payable is increased to the next multiple of $1. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 207.007. FEES LIMITATION; LEGAL REPRESENTATION; CRIMINAL OFFENSE; PENALTY. (a) An individual claiming benefits under this subtitle may not be charged a fee in a proceeding under this subtitle by: (1) the commission or a representative of the commission; or (2) a court or an …

Sec. 207.008. SUITABLE WORK. (a) In determining whether work is suitable for an individual, the commission shall consider: (1) the degree of risk involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals at the place of performance of the work; (2) the individual's physical fitness…

Sec. 207.009. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS BY INDIAN TRIBE. Benefits based on service in the employ of an Indian tribe, as described by Section 201.048, are payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as benefits paid on the basis of other service und…

Sec. 207.021. BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS. (a) Except as provided by Chapter 215, an unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits for a benefit period if the individual: (1) has registered for work at an employment office and has continued to report to the employment …

Sec. 207.0211. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN DISABLED PERSONS. A permanently disabled individual is considered to be able to work under Section 207.021(a)(3) and available for work for purposes of Section 207.021(a)(4) if, as a result of the individual's disability, the individual: (1) …