85R20016 KSD-D     By: Dale, Gutierrez H.B. No. 463     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 463:     By:  Button C.S.H.B. No. 463       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the disqualification from receiving unemployment   benefits of individuals who resign from work in lieu of being   discharged for misconduct.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows:          (g-2)  An individual who left the individual's last work   voluntarily in lieu of being discharged for misconduct is   disqualified from receiving benefits, regardless of whether:                (1)  the individual gave advance notice to the employer   of the individual's resignation;                (2)  the individual was terminated by the employer   before the date stated in an advance notice of resignation as the   individual's last day of work; or                (3)  the employer paid the individual for the entire   notice period.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.