Full Text of SB1941 99th General Assembly
SB1941ham004 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 11/28/2016
| | 09900SB1941ham004 | | LRB099 08774 KTG 51773 a |
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1941
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1941, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | 6 | | adding Section 409.5 as follows: | 7 | | (820 ILCS 405/409.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 409.5. Extended benefits program for the steel | 9 | | manufacturing industry. | 10 | | A. As used in this Section: | 11 | | "Eligibility period" means the period consisting of the | 12 | | weeks in an individual's benefit year which begin in the | 13 | | extended benefit period and, if his or her benefit year ends | 14 | | within such extended benefit period, any weeks thereafter which | 15 | | begin in such period. | 16 | | "Extended benefits period" means the period beginning |
| | | 09900SB1941ham004 | - 2 - | LRB099 08774 KTG 51773 a |
|
| 1 | | December 1, 2015 and ending December 1, 2017. | 2 | | B. An individual whose unemployment is attributable to a | 3 | | layoff from a steel manufacturing industry employer shall be | 4 | | eligible to receive extended benefits pursuant to this Section | 5 | | for any week which begins in his or her eligibility period if, | 6 | | with respect to such week, he or she: (1) has met the | 7 | | requirements of Section 500E of this Act; (2) is an exhaustee | 8 | | as determined under subsection C of this Section; and (3) | 9 | | except when the result would be inconsistent with the | 10 | | provisions of this Section, has satisfied the requirements of | 11 | | this Act for the receipt of regular benefits. | 12 | | C. An individual is an exhaustee with respect to a week | 13 | | which begins in his or her eligibility period if: | 14 | | 1. Prior to such week (a) he or she has received, with | 15 | | respect to his or her current benefit year that includes | 16 | | such week, the maximum total amount of benefits to which he | 17 | | or she was entitled under the provisions of Section 403B, | 18 | | and all of the regular benefits (including dependents' | 19 | | allowances) to which he or she had entitlement (if any) on | 20 | | the basis of wages or employment under any other State | 21 | | unemployment compensation law; or (b) he or she has | 22 | | received all the regular benefits available to him or her | 23 | | with respect to his or her current benefit year that | 24 | | includes such week, under this Act and under any other | 25 | | State unemployment compensation law, after a cancellation | 26 | | of some or all of his or her wage credits or the partial or |
| | | 09900SB1941ham004 | - 3 - | LRB099 08774 KTG 51773 a |
|
| 1 | | total reduction of his or her regular benefit rights; or | 2 | | (c) his or her benefit year terminated, and he or she | 3 | | cannot meet the qualifying wage requirements of Section | 4 | | 500E of this Act or the qualifying wage or employment | 5 | | requirements of any other State unemployment compensation | 6 | | law to establish a new benefit year which would include | 7 | | such week or, having established a new benefit year that | 8 | | includes such week, he or she is ineligible for regular | 9 | | benefits by reason of Section 607 of this Act or a like | 10 | | provision of any other State unemployment compensation | 11 | | law; and | 12 | | 2. For such week, he or she is not receiving federal | 13 | | Trade Readjustment
Allowance benefits. | 14 | | For the purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of | 15 | | this subsection, an individual shall be deemed to have | 16 | | received, with respect to his or her current benefit year, the | 17 | | maximum total amount of benefits to which he or she was | 18 | | entitled or all of the regular benefits to which he or she had | 19 | | entitlement, or all of the regular benefits available to him or | 20 | | her, as the case may be, even though (a) as a result of a | 21 | | pending reconsideration or appeal with respect to the "finding" | 22 | | defined in Section 701, or of a pending appeal with respect to | 23 | | wages or employment or both under any other State unemployment | 24 | | compensation law, he or she may subsequently be determined to | 25 | | be entitled to more regular benefits; or (b) by reason of a | 26 | | seasonality provision in a State unemployment compensation law |
| | | 09900SB1941ham004 | - 4 - | LRB099 08774 KTG 51773 a |
|
| 1 | | which establishes the weeks of the year for which regular | 2 | | benefits may be paid to individuals on the basis of wages in | 3 | | seasonal employment he or she may be entitled to regular | 4 | | benefits for future weeks but such benefits are not payable | 5 | | with respect to the week for which he or she is claiming | 6 | | extended benefits, provided that he or she is otherwise an | 7 | | exhaustee under the provisions of this subsection with respect | 8 | | to his or her rights to regular benefits, under such | 9 | | seasonality provision, during the portion of the year in which | 10 | | that week occurs; or (c) having established a benefit year, no | 11 | | regular benefits are payable to him or her with respect to such | 12 | | year because his or her wage credits were cancelled or his or | 13 | | her rights to regular benefits were totally reduced by reason | 14 | | of the application of a disqualification provision of a State | 15 | | unemployment compensation law. | 16 | | An individual shall not cease to be an exhaustee with | 17 | | respect to any week solely because he or she meets the | 18 | | qualifying wage requirements of Section 500E for a part of such | 19 | | week. | 20 | | D. An individual eligible for extended benefits under this | 21 | | Section shall be entitled to a maximum total amount of extended | 22 | | benefits equal to 26 times the individual's weekly extended | 23 | | benefit amount. The weekly extended benefit amount shall be the | 24 | | same as the weekly benefit amount of regular unemployment | 25 | | benefits, plus dependents' allowances, to which he or she was | 26 | | entitled to receive under Section 403B during his or her |
| | | 09900SB1941ham004 | - 5 - | LRB099 08774 KTG 51773 a |
|
| 1 | | applicable benefit year, provided the amount of regular | 2 | | benefits and extended benefits received do not exceed the total | 3 | | wages for insured work paid to such individual during the | 4 | | individual's base period. | 5 | | E. The provisions of Section 607 and the waiting period | 6 | | requirements of Section 500D shall not be applicable to any | 7 | | week with respect to which benefits are otherwise payable under | 8 | | this Section. | 9 | | F. No employer shall be chargeable for the extended | 10 | | benefits paid under this Section.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.".
|
|