Tex. Labor Code § 209.022
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 209.022, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 209.022. STATE "ON" AND "OFF" INDICATOR WEEKS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except for a week to which Subsection (b) applies, a week is a state "on" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks:
(1) is five percent or more; and
(2) equalled or exceeded 120 percent of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years.
(b) If the determination that the week is a state "on" indicator week would begin an extended benefit period, the week is a state "on" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is six percent or more.
(c) Except for a week to which Subsection (d) applies, a week is a state "off" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is less than:
(1) five percent; or
(2) 120 percent of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years.
(d) If the determination that a week is a state "off" indicator week would end an extended benefit period, the week is a state "off" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is less than six percent.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), any week that would otherwise be a state "on" indicator week under Subsection (a) may not be a state "off" indicator week.
(f) The rate of insured unemployment as used in this section is not to be seasonally adjusted.
(1) is five percent or more; and
(2) equalled or exceeded 120 percent of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years.
(b) If the determination that the week is a state "on" indicator week would begin an extended benefit period, the week is a state "on" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is six percent or more.
(c) Except for a week to which Subsection (d) applies, a week is a state "off" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is less than:
(1) five percent; or
(2) 120 percent of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years.
(d) If the determination that a week is a state "off" indicator week would end an extended benefit period, the week is a state "off" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is less than six percent.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), any week that would otherwise be a state "on" indicator week under Subsection (a) may not be a state "off" indicator week.
(f) The rate of insured unemployment as used in this section is not to be seasonally adjusted.
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