By: Vo (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1432          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;   April 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 4, 2017, reported   favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 4, 2017, sent   to printer.)     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to restrictions or conditions on certain payments to the   Texas Workforce Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 213, Labor Code, is   amended by adding Section 213.012 to read as follows:          Sec. 213.012.  RESTRICTIONS OR CONDITIONS ON PAYMENTS   PROHIBITED.  (a)  In this section, "payment instrument" has the   meaning assigned by Section 151.301, Finance Code.          (b)  A person may not place on a payment instrument remitted   to the commission any restriction or condition purporting to limit   the amount of contributions, penalties, or interest owed to the   commission by an employer.          (c)   A restriction or condition in violation of this section   is void.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *