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H.B. No. 2120
1 the individual, employer, or employing unit, as applicable.
2 (c) Unemployment compensation information is not public
3 information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code.
4 (d) Unless permitted by this subchapter or commission rule,
5 a person commits an offense if the person solicits, discloses,
6 receives, or uses, or authorizes, permits, participates in, or
7 acquiesces in another person's use of, unemployment compensation
8 information that reveals:
9 (1) identifying information regarding any individual
10 or past or present employer or employing unit; or
11 (2) information that foreseeably could be combined
12 with other publicly available information to reveal identifying
13 information regarding any individual or past or present employer or
14 employing unit.
15 (e) An offense under Subsection (d) is a Class A
16 misdemeanor.
17 SECTION 5. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
18 only to eligibility for unemployment benefits based on an
19 unemployment compensation claim that is filed with the Texas
20 Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A
21 claim filed before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
22 date the claim was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
23 for that purpose.
24 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section
25 301.081(d), Labor Code, applies only to an offense committed on or
26 after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before
27 the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at4
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2120, Chapter 1052, legislative document, 2007-04/2007-06; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154945/m1/4/?q=%22Deshotel%20%22: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.