Sec. 214.002. LIABILITY FOR IMPROPERLY OBTAINING BENEFITS. (a) A person who has received improper benefits is liable for the amount of the improper benefits. The commission may recover improper benefits by:
(1) deducting the amount of the improper benefits from any future benefits payable to the person; or
(2) collecting the amount of the improper benefits for the compensation fund in the same manner provided by Sections 213.031, 213.032, 213.033, 213.035, and 213.051 for the collection of past due contributions.
(b) In this section, "improper benefit" means the benefit obtained by a person:
(1) because of the nondisclosure or misrepresentation by the person or by another of a material fact, without regard to whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation was known or fraudulent; and
(2) while:
(A) any condition imposed by this subtitle for the person's qualifying for the benefit was not fulfilled in the person's case; or
(B) the person was disqualified from receiving benefits.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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