HBA-SEP H.B. 1321 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1321
By: Brimer
Economic Development
3/20/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law authorizes the Texas Workforce Commission to award unemployment
benefits to substitute school teachers.  House Bill 1321 provides that
substitute teachers not employed on more than a day-to day basis are
ineligible for unemployment benefits.   

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 1321 amends the Labor Code to provide that, under the Texas
Unemployment Compensation Act, "employment" does not include service
performed for a school district by an individual employed as a substitute
for a regularly employed teacher if the substitute is notified in writing
by the school district, at the time of hiring, that the position is
temporary; and there is no reasonable assurance that the individual will be
offered employment on more than a day-to-day basis. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001 contingent on the passage of federal legislation
establishing the ineligibility of certain substitute teachers to receive
unemployment compensation benefits.