Tex. Labor Code § 213.071
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 213.071, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 213.071. CREDIT OR REFUND OF OVERPAYMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall allow the employing unit on application under Section 213.072 to adjust its contribution payments then due for a contribution or penalty erroneously collected from the employer.
(b) If an adjustment cannot be made under Subsection (a), the commission shall refund the amount erroneously collected.
(c) The commission may not approve an application for adjustment or refund if making the adjustment or refund would require removing or disregarding benefit wages that became benefit wage credits or that were charged as benefit wages more than three years before the date on which the application was filed. For the purpose of this subsection, removing or disregarding benefit wages does not include transferring compensation experience described in Subchapter E, Chapter 204.
(b) If an adjustment cannot be made under Subsection (a), the commission shall refund the amount erroneously collected.
(c) The commission may not approve an application for adjustment or refund if making the adjustment or refund would require removing or disregarding benefit wages that became benefit wage credits or that were charged as benefit wages more than three years before the date on which the application was filed. For the purpose of this subsection, removing or disregarding benefit wages does not include transferring compensation experience described in Subchapter E, Chapter 204.
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