Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI. House Sponsors: HOLBROOK-HOFFMAN Short description: UNEMPLOYMENT INS-EXCLUDED PAY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the term "wages" does not include the amount of remuneration received by an individual for service as an election judge. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Employment Security) Currently there are a maximum of 57,500 election judges in Ill. being paid wages totaling a maximum of $17,250,000 per year. If all units of government are contributing employers paying taxes, the maximum amount of annual UI taxes would be between $345,000 and $388,000. The State's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund currently exceeds $1.7 billion. In addition, most units of government reimburse the Trust Fund the amount of benefits paid charged against their employer account in lieu of paying taxes on wages paid. It is highly unlikely that the unit of govern- ment would be the benefit chargeable (the last 30 day) employer of an unemployment insurance claim filed by a former election judge based on their work as an election judge. SB 969 would alleviate the reporting requirement for units of government and no revenues would be lost to the Trust Fund. There might be some potential loss of UI benefits to claimants who may have worked as election judges and have become subsequently unem- ployed. The low wages and casual employment as election judges do not come close to the minimum monetary eligibilty for Unemployment Insurance, which is $1600 annually, so the magnitude of the potential loss would likely not be too large in the aggregate. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 405/235 Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 405/220 from Ch. 48, par. 330 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "employment" does not include service performed on or after January 1, 2002 in the employ of a governmental entity as an election official or election worker if the remuneration received by the individual during the calendar year for service as an election official or election worker is less than $1,000. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0441 Last action date: AUG-17-2001 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status