Tex. Lab. Code § 204.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
INITIAL CONTRIBUTION RATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person's contribution rate for the calendar year in which the person becomes an employer is the greater of:
(1) the rate established for that year for the major group to which the employer is assigned under Section 204.004, less one-tenth of one percent; or
(2) two and six-tenths percent.
(b) A rate established under Subsection (a) applies to the employer until the date the experience rate computed under Section 204.041 takes effect for the employer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1115 (H.B. 2421), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2006.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.204.htm
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Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 204.084ACQUISITION OF PART OF EXPERIENCE-RATED ORGANIZATION, TRADE, OR BUSINESS: APPROVAL OF TRANSFER OF COMPENSATION EXPERIENCE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON OWNERSHIP; CONTRIBUTION RATE.Printed as Section 204.006
- Tex. Lab. Code § 204.085CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR SUCCESSOR EMPLOYERS WHEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON OWNERSHIP EXISTS; CERTAIN PARTIAL ACQUISITIONS.Printed as Section 204.006
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