Tex. Lab. Code § 213.033 · Subchapter C. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTION BY CIVIL SUIT OR NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
LIMITATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may not begin a civil action in court or make an assessment under this subchapter to collect a contribution, a penalty, or interest from an employer after the third anniversary after the due date of the contribution.
(b) The following actions suspend the running of the limitations period prescribed under Subsection (a):
(1) an administrative hearing to redetermine the liability for a contribution, a penalty, or interest pending before the commission; and
(2) a bankruptcy case begun under Title 11 of the United States Code pending before the court.
(c) After a hearing or case described by Subsection (b) is closed, the running of the limitations period prescribed under Subsection (a) resumes.
(d) In the case of a wilful attempt to evade the provisions of this subtitle or a commission rule adopted under this subtitle, the action or assessment may be begun or made at any time.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 94, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 398, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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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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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Lab. Code § 213.033. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 212.006RECOVERY OF BENEFITS PAID.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
- Tex. Lab. Code § 214.002LIABILITY FOR IMPROPERLY OBTAINING BENEFITS.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
- Tex. Lab. Code § 214.003FORFEITURE OR CANCELLATION OF BENEFITS PAID AND REMAINING BENEFITS; PENALTY.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
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