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90_SB0683
820 ILCS 405/703 from Ch. 48, par. 453
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that a
reconsidered determination may be made within 3 (rather than
2) years if the issue is whether the claimant misstated his
or her earnings.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act by
2 changing Section 703.
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 703 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 405/703) (from Ch. 48, par. 453)
8 Sec. 703. Reconsideration of findings or determinations.
9 The claims adjudicator may reconsider his finding at any
10 time within thirteen weeks after the close of the benefit
11 year. He may reconsider his determination at any time within
12 one year after the last day of the week for which the
13 determination was made, except that if the issue is whether
14 or not the claimant misstated his earnings for the week, such
15 reconsidered determination may be made at any time within 3
16 two years after the last day of the week. No finding or
17 determination shall be reconsidered at any time after appeal
18 therefrom has been taken pursuant to the provisions of
19 Section 800, except where a case has been remanded to the
20 claims adjudicator by a Referee, the Director or the Board of
21 Review, and except, further, that if an issue as to whether
22 or not the claimant misstated his earnings is newly
23 discovered, the determination may be reconsidered after and
24 notwithstanding the fact that the decision upon the appeal
25 has become final. Notice of such reconsidered determination
26 or reconsidered finding shall be promptly given to the
27 parties entitled to notice of the original determination or
28 finding, as the case may be, in the same manner as is
29 prescribed therefor, and such reconsidered determination or
30 reconsidered finding shall be subject to appeal in the same
31 manner and shall be given the same effect as is provided for
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1 an original determination or finding.
2 (Source: P.A. 77-1443.)