Texas § 204.065 USE OF SURPLUS.

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§ 204.065 — USE OF SURPLUS.

Texas § 204.065

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Tex. Labor Code Code Ann. § 204.065 (2026).

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Sec. 204.065. USE OF SURPLUS.

(a)If the amount in the compensation fund on a tax rate computation date is more than the ceiling of the compensation fund, the commission may use all or part of that surplus to pay outstanding bond obligations as provided by this section or to provide a surplus credit or a surplus credit rate as provided by Sections 204.0651 and 204.0652 to an employer entitled to an experience rate on the computation date.

(b)If, on the tax rate computation date, there are outstanding bond obligations as described by Subchapter C , Chapter 203 , including bond administrative expenses, the commission may transfer all or part of the surplus described by Subsection (a) to the obligation trust fund under Section 203.102 for payment of those obligations. The amount transferred

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Sec. 204.065. USE OF SURPLUS. (a) If the amount in the compensation fund on a tax rate computation date is more than the ceiling of the compensation fund, the commission may use all or part of that surplus to pay outstanding bond obligations as provided by this section or to provide a surplus credit or a surplus credit rate as provided by Sections 204.0651 and 204.0652 to an employer entitled to an experience rate on the computation date.
(b) If, on the tax rate computation date, there are outstanding bond obligations as described by Subchapter C , Chapter 203 , including bond administrative expenses, the commission may transfer all or part of the surplus described by Subsection (a) to the obligation trust fund under Section 203.102 for payment of those obligations. The amount transferred under this subsection may not exceed any amount transferred to the unemployment compensation fund under Section 203.255 (b)(2).
(c) To the extent that any portion of the surplus is not used to pay bond obligations, the commission shall use that amount to compute:
(1) a surplus credit under Section 204.0651 ; or
(2) an annual surplus credit rate under Section 204.0652 .
(d) In determining the use of any surplus, the commission shall exercise the options that the commission determines to be in the best interests of the state's employers and workers.