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CHAPTER 52 H.B. No. 1820 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the exception of certain agricultural labor from 3 unemployment compensation. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 201, Labor Code, is 6 amended by adding Section 201.078 to read as follows: 7 Sec. 201.078. SERVICE BY NONRESIDENT ALIEN AGRICULTURAL 8 WORKER. In this subtitle, "employment" does not include service 9 performed by a nonresident alien during the period that the alien is 10 temporarily in the United States under an H2-A visa if the service 11 is not defined as employment under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act 12 (26 U.S.C. Section 3306(c)(19)). 13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 14 applies only to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits that 15 is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after that date. 16 A claim filed before that date is governed by the law in effect on 17 the date that the claim was filed, and the former law is continued 18 in effect for that purpose.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1820, Chapter 52,
legislative document,
May 15, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158279/m1/1/:
accessed April 18, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.