Sec. 213.060. ENFORCEMENT AGAINST INDIAN TRIBE. (a) Services performed for an Indian tribe that fails to make a required payment, including payment of a penalty and interest, are not considered, after the exhaustion of all necessary collection activities by the commission, to be employment for purposes of Section 201.048.
(b) Services for an Indian tribe that loses coverage under Subsection (a) may be considered to be employment for purposes of Section 201.048 if the Indian tribe has paid all contributions, payments instead of contributions for benefits paid, penalties, and interest owed by the Indian tribe.
(c) The commission shall notify the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Labor of an Indian tribe that fails to make required payments.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 518, Sec. 11, eff. June 11, 2001.