{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-213.031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 213.031","heading":"COLLECTION REQUIRED; METHODS.","body":"If after notice an employer does not pay a contribution or a penalty or interest on a contribution, the commission shall collect the amount due by:\n(1) bringing a civil action in the name of the state and the attorney general in a district court in Travis County; or\n(2) serving a notice of assessment on the defaulting employer, stating the amount of the contribution, penalty, and interest outstanding.\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 213. ENFORCEMENT OF TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTION BY CIVIL SUIT OR NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.213.htm#213.031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"94cefd1dd40a0de8a238c4db31d85d11917ecb3a202b0661f117c2dbc1cf4487","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-213.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-213.032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}