CHAPTER 206. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE
LABOR CODE
TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT
SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT
CHAPTER 206. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE
Sec. 206.001. YEARLY COVERAGE. An employing unit that is or
becomes an employer in a calendar year is subject to this
subtitle during that entire calendar year.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Sec. 206.002. ELECTION OF COVERAGE AS EMPLOYER. (a) An
employing unit that is not otherwise subject to this subtitle may
elect coverage as an employer for not less than two calendar
years.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an employing unit to which
Section 205.001 or 205.002 applies.
(c) On written approval by the commission of an election under
Subsection (a), the employing unit making the election becomes an
employer to the same extent as all other employers beginning on
the date stated in the approval.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Sec. 206.003. ELECTION OF COVERAGE REGARDING SERVICES NOT
CONSTITUTING EMPLOYMENT. (a) An employing unit may elect for
not less than two calendar years that all services that do not
constitute employment and that are performed by individuals in
its employ in one or more distinct establishments or places of
business are to be considered employment for all purposes of this
subtitle.
(b) An election under Subsection (a) must be in writing and be
filed with the commission.
(c) On written approval by the commission of an election under
Subsection (a), the services constitute employment during the
period elected, beginning on the date stated in the approval.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Sec. 206.004. TERMINATION OF COVERAGE. (a) An employing unit
may cease to be an employer only on January 1 of a year and only
if the commission finds that:
(1) the employing unit was not an employer during the preceding
year; or
(2) the employing unit has not had any individuals in employment
during the preceding three calendar years.
(b) The commission may not make a finding under Subsection
(a)(1) unless the employing unit files an application for
termination of coverage with the commission on or after January 1
but before April 1 of the year for which termination is
requested. The commission may make a finding under Subsection
(a)(2) without an application having been filed.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Sec. 206.005. PREVIOUS RIGHTS LOST BY CESSATION OF COVERAGE.
When an employing unit that ceased to be an employer subsequently
becomes an employer, the employing unit is considered to be a new
employer without regard to the rights that employing unit
acquired when previously an employer.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.