Section 815.171 - High Unemployment Period(a) If the conditions under § 815.170(a) of this subchapter are met, and the average rate of total unemployment equals or exceeds 8 percent, a high unemployment period shall exist. (b) Effective with respect to weeks beginning in a high unemployment period, the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible claimant for the claimant's eligibility period is the lesser of: (1) 80 percent of the total amount of regular compensation payable to the claimant during the claimant's benefit year under the Act; (2) 20 times the claimant's average weekly benefit amount; or (3) 46 times the claimant's average weekly benefit amount, reduced by the regular compensation paid, during the claimant's benefit year under the Act. (c) Pursuant to §209.025 of the Act, if the full federal funding for Extended Benefits provides for an additional extended benefit amount payable to an eligible claimant in excess of that provided for in subsection (b) of this section, that amount shall be the total extended benefit amount.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 815.171
The provisions of this §815.171 adopted to be effective November 2, 2009, 34 TexReg 7655; amended to be effective May 2, 2011, 36 TexReg 2735; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 19, May 8, 2020, TexReg 2954, eff. 4/28/2020and expired 8/25/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 34, August 21, 2020, TexReg 5716, eff. 4/28/2020and expired 10/24/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 41, October 9, 2020, TexReg 7278, eff. 10/12/2020