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Tex. Lab. Code § 213.009

COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT OF OUT-OF-STATE JUDGMENT

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) A qualified attorney who is a regular salaried employee of the commission may represent an employment security agency of another state in a proceeding in a court in this state to collect a contribution, a penalty, interest, or a court cost for which liability has been incurred by an employing unit under an unemployment compensation law or unemployment insurance law of the other state, if:

(1) the liability has been reduced to judgment in a court of record in the state of the requesting agency; and

(2) the unemployment compensation law or unemployment insurance law of the requesting state provides for a similar action on behalf of the commission by the requesting state agency.

(b) The venue for a proceeding under this section is the same as the venue for an action to collect an overdue contribution, penalty, or interest due under this subtitle.

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