By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Eltife)	H.B. No. 2831
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
	April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Economic Development; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to maximizing federal funding of extended unemployment
	benefits.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 209, Labor Code, is
	amended by adding Section 209.025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 209.025.  FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED BENEFITS.
	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the
	commission by rule may adjust the extended benefit eligibility
	period as necessary to maximize the receipt of any fully funded
	federal extended unemployment benefits, if full federal funding for
	those benefits is available.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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