89R26627 RDS-F     By: DeAyala H.B. No. 199     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 199:     By:  Button C.S.H.B. No. 199       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to   an individual during a benefit year under the state unemployment   insurance program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 207, Labor Code, is   amended by adding Section 207.0055 to read as follows:          Sec. 207.0055.  MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BENEFITS; SLIDING SCALE.   (a) In this section, "state average unemployment rate" means the   average seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in this state, as   published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, during   the most recent completed calendar year quarter preceding the first   day of an individual's benefit year.          (b)  The maximum amount of benefits payable to an eligible   individual during a benefit year is an amount determined by the   state average unemployment rate on a sliding scale as follows:                (1)  20 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is not greater than 6.5 percent;                (2)  21 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is at least 6.6 percent but not greater than 7 percent;                (3)  22 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is at least 7.1 percent but not greater than 7.5 percent;                (4)  23 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is at least 7.6 percent but not greater than 8 percent;                (5)  24 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is at least 8.1 percent but not greater than 8.5 percent;                (6)  25 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is at least 8.6 percent but not greater than 9 percent;                (7)  26 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is greater than 9 percent but not greater than 9.5 percent; and                (8)  27 times the individual's benefit amount, if the   rate is at least 9.6 percent but not greater than 10 percent.          SECTION 2.  Section 215.043(a), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  An individual is not entitled to receive shared work   benefits and regular unemployment compensation benefits that   exceed the maximum total benefits payable to the individual in a   benefit year as provided by Section 207.0055 [207.005].          SECTION 3.  Section 207.005, Labor Code, is repealed.          SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the Texas   Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A   claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.