Tex. Lab. Code § 204.086 · Subchapter E. ACQUISITION OF EXPERIENCE-RATED EMPLOYER
COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTION, PENALTY, OR INTEREST FROM SUCCESSOR EMPLOYER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An individual or employing unit that acquires the organization, trade, or business or substantially all of the assets of an organization, trade, or business of an employer who, at the time of the acquisition, is indebted to the commission for a contribution, a penalty, or interest, is liable to the commission for prompt payment of the contribution, penalty, or interest.
(b) If not paid, the commission may bring an action under Chapter 213 for the collection of a contribution, a penalty, or interest as though the contribution, penalty, or interest had been incurred by the successor employer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 398, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.204.htm
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