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SENATE BILL NO. 1125 – Unemployment compensatn, increase

SENATE BILL NO. 1125

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S1125.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION - Adds to existing law to provide that, in
addition to any other benefits for which an unemployed individual is
eligible, the individual shall receive an additional ten dollars per week
for weeks in the months of December 2000 and January, February, March and
December 2001, if the individual was eligible to receive and lawfully
received benefits from the Employment Security Fund for one or more of the
weeks during those months; and to specify the purpose.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1125
                                                                        
                         BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW; AMENDING CHAPTER 13, TITLE 72,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 72-1365A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
  4        ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO  QUALIFYING  INDIVIDUALS  FOR  CERTAIN
  5        MONTHS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, PROVIDING A RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE AND
  6        PROVIDING A SUNSET CLAUSE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  13,  Title 72, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  9    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 10    ignated as Section 72-1365A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        72-1365A.  ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR LIGHTS AND HEAT. (1) In addition to any
 12    other  benefits for which an unemployed individual is eligible, the individual
 13    shall receive an additional ten dollars ($10.00) per week  for  weeks  in  the
 14    months  of  December  2000, and January, February, March and December 2001, if
 15    the individual was eligible to receive and lawfully received benefits from the
 16    employment security fund for one (1) or more of the weeks during those months.
 17    The purpose of this section is to help alleviate the increase  of  prices  for
 18    natural  gas, fuel oil and electricity for heating purposes. The department is
 19    hereby authorized to grant benefits retroactively to eligible individuals  and
 20    may utilize necessary forms and materials to accomplish the provisions of this
 21    section.
                                                                        
 22        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 23    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 24    passage and approval, and retroactively to December 1, 2000. The provisions of
 25    this act shall be null, void and of no force and effect on and after  February
 26    1, 2002.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 10949
                                
This bill will provide one-time assistance to unemployed
workers to help pay for the extraordinary increases in utility
bills this winter. The measure will add $10 a week to an
unemployed worker s unemployment benefit solely for the months of
December, 2000, January, February, March and December, 2001. The
bill has an emergency clause to go into effect immediately and
retroactively to December,2000. The bill expires on February 1,
2002.

                           FISCAL IMPACT
                                 
Funds for this bill will come from the employment security
fund, built by contributions from employers and employees.
According to the Idaho Department of Labor, the payments for the
five-month period will total $1,086,965. The DOL will incur
additional costs for administration of the extra benefits.



Contact
       Name:    Sen. Betsy Dunklin
       Phone: 332 1351



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