{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-209.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 209.043","heading":"REQUIREMENT TO SEEK WORK.","body":"(a) An individual is ineligible for payment of extended benefits for a benefit period in the individual's eligibility period if during that period the individual failed to actively seek work.\n(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), an individual is actively seeking work during a benefit period if the individual:\n(1) engages in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during the benefit period; and\n(2) furnishes tangible evidence of that effort.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 209. EXTENDED BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER C. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENDED BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.209.htm#209.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"c7d05883d9d5de221f611e9d7aec4169022f7ade38a02e2b0860835139ce40cd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-209.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-209.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}