Tex. Labor Code § 209.050

This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 209.050, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.

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§ 209.050. INTERSTATE CLAIM.

Official statutory text

(a) An individual is ineligible for extended benefits payable for a benefit period under an interstate claim filed in any state under an interstate benefit payment plan if an extended benefit period is not in effect for the benefit period in that state.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the first two benefit periods for which extended benefits are payable under an interstate claim filed under an interstate benefit payment plan, regardless of whether an extended benefit period is in effect for the state, to the individual from the extended benefit account established for the individual with respect to the benefit year.

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