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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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LABOR CODE |
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Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT |
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Chapter 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS |
Sec. 214.003. FORFEITURE OR CANCELLATION OF BENEFITS PAID AND REMAINING BENEFITS
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(a) If, by wilful nondisclosure or misrepresentation of a material fact, whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation is made by the person or for the person by another, a person receives a benefit when a condition imposed by this subtitle for the person's qualifying for the benefit is not fulfilled or the person is disqualified from receiving the benefit, the person forfeits the:
(1) benefit received; and
(2) rights to benefits that remain in the benefit year in which the nondisclosure or misrepresentation occurred.
(b) If a person attempts to obtain or increase benefits by a nondisclosure or misrepresentation as provided by Subsection (a), the commission may cancel the person's right to benefits that remain in the benefit year in which the nondisclosure or misrepresentation occurred.
(c) A forfeiture or cancellation under this section is effective only after the person has been afforded an opportunity for a fair hearing before the commission or its duly designated representative.