Tex. Lab. Code § 214.003 · Chapter 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS
FORFEITURE OR CANCELLATION OF BENEFITS PAID AND REMAINING BENEFITS; PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If, by wilful nondisclosure or misrepresentation of a material fact, whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation is made by the person or for the person by another, a person receives a benefit when a condition imposed by this subtitle for the person's qualifying for the benefit is not fulfilled or the person is disqualified from receiving the benefit:
(1) the person forfeits the:
(A) benefit received; and
(B) rights to benefits that remain in the benefit year in which the nondisclosure or misrepresentation occurred; and
(2) the commission shall require the person to pay a penalty in an amount equal to 15 percent of the amount forfeited under Subdivision (1)(A).
(b) If a person attempts to obtain or increase benefits by a nondisclosure or misrepresentation as provided by Subsection (a), the commission may cancel the person's right to benefits that remain in the benefit year in which the nondisclosure or misrepresentation occurred.
(c) A forfeiture, cancellation, or penalty imposed under this section is effective only after the person has been afforded an opportunity for a fair hearing before the commission or its duly designated representative.
(d) A person who is assessed a penalty by the commission under Subsection (a)(2) is liable for the amount of the penalty. The commission may collect the penalty in the same manner as provided by Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051 for the collection of past-due contributions. The commission shall deposit a penalty assessed under Subsection (a)(2) in the unemployment compensation fund established under Section 203.021.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (S.B. 658), Sec. 2, eff. October 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (S.B. 658), Sec. 3, eff. October 1, 2013.
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Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 203.021UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND; SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.Printed as Section 203.021
- 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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