Tex. Lab. Code § 214.002 · Chapter 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS
LIABILITY FOR IMPROPERLY OBTAINING BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who has received improper benefits is liable for the amount of the improper benefits. The commission may recover improper benefits by:
(1) deducting the amount of the improper benefits from any future benefits payable to the person;
(2) collecting a refund from a claimant; or
(3) collecting the amount of the improper benefits for the compensation fund in the same manner provided by Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051 for the collection of past due contributions.
(b) In this section, "improper benefit" means the benefit obtained by a person:
(1) because of the nondisclosure or misrepresentation by the person or by another of a material fact, without regard to whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation was known or fraudulent; and
(2) while:
(A) any condition imposed by this subtitle for the person's qualifying for the benefit was not fulfilled in the person's case; or
(B) the person was disqualified from receiving benefits.
(c) The commission shall accept payment for benefits refunded by a claimant under Subsection (a)(2) by personal check, cashier's check, money order, debit card, electronic check, or electronic funds transfer. The commission shall accept payment through the mail and by Internet, as applicable. The commission may adopt rules to accept forms of payment not listed in this subsection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 409 (S.B. 1801), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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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.214.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 213.031COLLECTION REQUIRED; METHODS.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
- Tex. Lab. Code § 213.032SERVICE OF NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT; CONTENTS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE; JUDICIAL REVIEW; EFFECT.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
- Tex. Lab. Code § 213.033LIMITATIONS.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
- Tex. Lab. Code § 213.035COSTS.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
- Tex. Lab. Code § 213.051FORFEITURE OF RIGHT TO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS STATE; BOND.Printed as Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051
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