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[ House Amendment 001 ]

91_HB3157

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Unemployment  Insurance  Act  by
 2    changing Section 1506.3.

 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 1506.3 as follows:

 7        (820 ILCS 405/1506.3) (from Ch. 48, par. 576.3)
 8        Sec.   1506.3.    Fund   building   rates   -   Temporary
 9    Administrative Funding.
10        A.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,  the
11    following  fund  building  rates  shall  be in effect for the
12    following calendar years:
13        For each employer whose contribution rate for 1988, 1989,
14    1990, the first, third, and fourth quarters  of  1991,  1992,
15    1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 any calendar
16    year  thereafter  would,  in  the absence of this Section, be
17    0.2% or higher, a contribution rate which is the sum of  such
18    rate and 0.4%;
19        For  each employer whose contribution rate for the second
20    quarter of 1991 would, in the absence  of  this  Section,  be
21    0.2%  or higher, a contribution rate which is the sum of such
22    rate and 0.3%;
23        For each employer whose contribution rate for 1996 would,
24    in the  absence  of  this  Section,  be  0.1%  or  higher,  a
25    contribution rate which is the sum of such rate and 0.4%;
26        Notwithstanding  the preceding paragraphs of this Section
27    or any other provision of this Act, except for the provisions
28    contained in Section 1500 pertaining to rates  applicable  to
29    employers  classified  under the Standard Industrial Code, or
30    another classification system sanctioned by the United States
31    Department of Labor and prescribed by the Director  by  rule,
 
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 1    no  employer  whose  total wages for insured work paid by him
 2    during any calendar quarter in 1988  and  any  calendar  year
 3    thereafter are less than $50,000 shall pay contributions at a
 4    rate   with   respect  to  such  quarter  which  exceeds  the
 5    following: with respect  to  calendar  year  1988,  5%;  with
 6    respect to 1989 and any calendar year thereafter, 5.4%.
 7        Notwithstanding  the preceding paragraph of this Section,
 8    or  any  other  provision  of   this   Act,   no   employer's
 9    contribution rate with respect to calendar years 1993 through
10    1995  shall  exceed 5.4% if the employer ceased operations at
11    an Illinois  manufacturing  facility  in  1991  and  remained
12    closed  at that facility during all of 1992, and the employer
13    in 1993 commits to invest at least $5,000,000 for the purpose
14    of resuming operations at that  facility,  and  the  employer
15    rehires  during 1993 at least 250 of the individuals employed
16    by it at that facility during the one year  period  prior  to
17    the  cessation  of  its  operations, provided that, within 30
18    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993,
19    the employer makes application to the Department to have  the
20    provisions  of  this  paragraph apply to it.  The immediately
21    preceding sentence shall be null and void with respect to  an
22    employer  which  by  December  31, 1993 has not satisfied the
23    rehiring requirement specified by this paragraph or which  by
24    December  31,  1994  has not made the investment specified by
25    this paragraph.
26        B.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,  for
27    the  second  quarter  of  1991, the contribution rate of each
28    employer as determined  in  accordance  with  Sections  1500,
29    1506.1,  and  subsection  A of this Section shall be equal to
30    the sum of such rate and 0.1%; provided that this  subsection
31    shall  not  apply  to  any employer whose rate computed under
32    Section 1506.1 for such quarter is  between  5.1%  and  5.3%,
33    inclusive,  and  who  qualifies  for  the  5.4%  rate ceiling
34    imposed by the  last  paragraph  of  subsection  A  for  such
 
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 1    quarter.  All payments made pursuant to this subsection shall
 2    be  deposited  in the Employment Security Administrative Fund
 3    established  under  Section   2103.1   and   used   for   the
 4    administration of this Act.
 5        C.  Payments   received   by   the   Director  which  are
 6    insufficient to pay the total contributions due under the Act
 7    shall be first applied to satisfy the amount due pursuant  to
 8    subsection B.
 9        D.  All   provisions   of  this  Act  applicable  to  the
10    collection or refund of any contribution due under  this  Act
11    shall  be  applicable  to the collection or refund of amounts
12    due pursuant to subsection B.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-342, eff. 1-1-00.)

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