[ Back ] [ Bottom ]
91_HB2654
LRB9102422WHmg
1 AN ACT to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act by
2 changing Section 901.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
6 changing Section 901 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 405/901) (from Ch. 48, par. 491)
8 Sec. 901. Fraud - Repayment - Ineligibility. An
9 individual who, for the purpose of obtaining benefits,
10 knowingly makes a false statement or knowingly fails to
11 disclose a material fact, and thereby obtains any sum as
12 benefits for which he is not eligible:
13 A. Shall be required to repay such sum in cash, or the
14 amount thereof may be recovered or recouped pursuant to the
15 provisions of Section 900.
16 B. Shall be ineligible, except to the extent that such
17 benefits are subject to recoupment pursuant to this Section,
18 for benefits for the week in which he or she has been
19 notified of the determination of the claims adjudicator
20 referred to in Section 702 that he or she has committed is
21 ineligible for benefits by reason of the offense described in
22 the first paragraph and, thereafter, for 6 weeks (with
23 respect to each of which he or she would be eligible for
24 benefits but for the provisions of this paragraph, not
25 including weeks for which such benefits are subject to
26 recoupment pursuant to this Section) for the first offense,
27 and for 2 additional weeks (with respect to each of which he
28 or she would be eligible for benefits but for the provisions
29 of this paragraph, not including weeks for which such
30 benefits are subject to recoupment pursuant to this Section)
31 for each subsequent offense. For the purposes of this
-2- LRB9102422WHmg
1 paragraph, a separate offense shall be deemed to have been
2 committed in each week for which such an individual has
3 received a sum as benefits for which he or she was not
4 eligible. No ineligibility under the provisions of this
5 paragraph shall accrue with respect to any week beginning
6 after whichever of the following occurs first: (1) 26 weeks (
7 with respect to each of which the individual would be
8 eligible for benefits but for the provisions of this
9 paragraph, not including weeks for which such benefits are
10 subject to recoupment pursuant to this Section) have elapsed
11 since the date that he or she is notified of the
12 determination of the claims adjudicator referred to in
13 Section 702 that he or she has committed the offense
14 described in the first paragraph his ineligibility began
15 pursuant to this paragraph, or (2) 2 years have elapsed since
16 the date that he or she is notified of the determination of
17 the claims adjudicator referred to in Section 702 that he or
18 she has committed the offense described in the first
19 paragraph his ineligibility began pursuant to this paragraph.
20 (Source: P.A. 80-2dSS-1.)
[ Top ]