HBA-SEP H.B. 1103 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1103 By: Yarbrough Economic Development 7/10/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law authorizes a notice of assessment to be used as a method of debt collection under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. As a result of the 1993 recodification of the Labor Code, not all sections of the code reflected consistent language. House Bill 1103 specifies that the Texas Workforce Commission is authorized to bring an action against a successor employer for the collection of a contribution, a penalty, or interest incurred by a predecessor employer. 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. ANALYSIS House Bill 1103 amends the Labor Code to specify that the Texas Workforce Commission is authorized to bring an action against a successor employer under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act for the collection of a contribution, a penalty, or interest incurred by a predecessor employer. The bill specifies that for purposes of contributions to the unemployment compensation fund, "manual" means the North American Industrial Classification System Manual rather than the Standard Industrial Classification Manual. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.