January 16, 2013 - Texas Workforce Commission

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1 track those individual intake questionnaires for
2 return, but in that same month we received 46
3 perfected charges.
4 Here's what we do now. When we get a
5 call, we go through the initial screening in the
6 normal manner. At that point we ask the customer, "Do
7 you have e-mail?" If the customer has e-mail, we
8 draft the charge on the phone and e-mail it to the
9 individual and ask the individual to review it, and we
10 make any necessary corrections at that time.
11 Once we've got that charge ready to be
12 signed, based on an amendment to the Texas Civil
13 Practice and Remedies Code in the 2011 Session, the
14 requirement in Chapter 21 if a charge be in writing
15 and under oath can now be satisfied without having the
16 charge notarized. Chapter 132 of the Texas Civil
17 Practice and Remedies Code following the amendment
18 authorizes the use of what is known as an unsworn
19 declaration, and the statute provides the form of the
20 unsworn declaration. And we now use that unsworn
21 declaration on our charge. The individual does not
22 need to go find a notary.
23 So, once we have the charge perfected --
24 I'm sorry. Once we have the charge ready for a
25 signature, we then ask the customer, "Do you have a