Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Determination of Extended Benefit Period
Section 209.022. State "On" and "Off" Indicator Weeks

Sec. 209.022. STATE "ON" AND "OFF" INDICATOR WEEKS. (a) Except for a week to which Subsection (b) applies, a week is a state "on" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks:
(1) is five percent or more; and
(2) equalled or exceeded 120 percent of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years.
(b) If the determination that the week is a state "on" indicator week would begin an extended benefit period, the week is a state "on" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is six percent or more.
(c) Except for a week to which Subsection (d) applies, a week is a state "off" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is less than:
(1) five percent; or
(2) 120 percent of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years.
(d) If the determination that a week is a state "off" indicator week would end an extended benefit period, the week is a state "off" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks is less than six percent.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), any week that would otherwise be a state "on" indicator week under Subsection (a) may not be a state "off" indicator week.
(f) The rate of insured unemployment as used in this section is not to be seasonally adjusted.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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