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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Labor Code § 207.051: SALE OF BUSINESS.

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  1. LABOR CODE
  2. TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT
  3. SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT
  4. CHAPTER 207. BENEFITS
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS

(a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if the individual left the individual's last work because of the sale of:

(1) a corporation and the individual was:

(A) an officer of the corporation;

(B) a majority or controlling shareholder in the corporation; and

(C) involved in the sale of the corporation;

(2) a limited or general partnership and the individual was a limited or general partner who was involved in the sale of the partnership; or

(3) a sole proprietorship and the individual was the proprietor who sold the business.

(b) The disqualification under this section continues until the individual has returned to employment and:

(1) worked for six weeks; or

(2) earned wages equal to six times the individual's benefit amount.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 93, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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