1. (a) For a claimant who is eligible for regular compensation, including Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX), the following order of payment applies:

   1. (1) The claimant must first apply for and receive regular compensation. The amount and duration of these benefits are as defined by the Act;
   2. (2) if the claimant exhausts regular compensation, the claimant may then be eligible to receive PEUC;
   3. (3) if the claimant exhausts PEUC and the state has "triggered on" to Extended Benefits (EB) under Chapter 209 of the Act, the claimant may then be eligible to receive EB;
   4. (4) if the State is not "triggered on" to EB or the claimant exhausts EB, the claimant may then be eligible to receive PUA. If the State "triggers on" to EB during the period in which the claimant is collecting PUA and the claimant has not previously exhausted entitlement to EB for the respective benefit year, then the claimant must stop collecting PUA and file for EB; and
   5. (5) if the claimant meets the qualifications to receive Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), such benefits will be payable after regular compensation, PEUC, and EB if "triggered on", but prior to PUA.
2. (b) For a claimant who is not eligible for regular compensation, PEUC, EB, or TRA, and who meets the federal requirements, the claimant may be eligible to collect PUA.
3. (c) FPUC provides for additional compensation to a claimant collecting regular compensation, PEUC, PUA, EB, a Shared Work program under Chapter 215 of the Act, TRA, and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). Claimants will receive FPUC payments concurrently with payments under these programs. This applies for the benefit week ending April 4, 2020 through the benefit week ending July 25, 2020 unless subsequently amended by federal law.

Source Note:The provisions of this §815.181 adopted to be effective October 12, 2020, 45 TexReg 7273.