Texas Labor Code
§ 214.003 — FORFEITURE OR CANCELLATION OF BENEFITS PAID AND REMAINING BENEFITS; PENALTY
LA § 214.003Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS
Statute text
View on source(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.
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Legislative history
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.