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Tex. Lab. Code § 209.043

REQUIREMENT TO SEEK WORK

Known as the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 201.001 to 215.044 (345 sections).

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

(a) An individual is ineligible for payment of extended benefits for a benefit period in the individual's eligibility period if during that period the individual failed to actively seek work.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), an individual is actively seeking work during a benefit period if the individual:

(1) engages in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during the benefit period; and

(2) furnishes tangible evidence of that effort.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.