Tex. Lab. Code § 213.021 · Subchapter B. EMPLOYER PENALTIES AND INTEREST
INTEREST ON PAST DUE CONTRIBUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employer who does not pay a contribution on or before the date prescribed by the commission is liable to the state for interest of one and one-half percent of the contribution for each month or portion of a month that the contribution and interest payments are not paid in full. The total interest applied may not exceed 37-1/2 percent of the amount of contribution due at the due date.
(b) Liability for interest under Subsection (a) does not apply to an employer who:
(1) failed to pay a contribution because of the bona fide belief that all or some of its employees were covered under the unemployment insurance law of another state; and
(2) paid when due a contribution on all the wages of those employees under that law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.38(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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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.213.htm
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