BURZYNSKI. (HOLBROOK-HOFFMAN) 820 ILCS 405/235 from Ch. 48, par. 345 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. FEB-22-2001 S FIRST READING FEB-22-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-28-2001 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE COMM & INDUST MAR-08-2001 S POSTPONED MAR-22-2001 S DO PASS 009-000-000 SCED MAR-22-2001 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-27 MAR-27-2001 S SECOND READING MAR-27-2001 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-03-28 MAR-28-2001 S THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 MAR-28-2001 H ARRIVE IN HOUSE MAR-28-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING MAR-30-2001 H HOUSE SPONSOR HOLBROOK APR-02-2001 H FIRST READING APR-02-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES APR-03-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LABOR APR-18-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOFFMAN APR-26-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED APR-26-2001 H COMMITTEE LABOR MAY-03-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-LABOR H MAY-03-2001 H ADOPTED MAY-03-2001 H DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HLBR MAY-03-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-08-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-08-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-09-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 MAY-10-2001 S SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01 MAY-10-2001 S FILED WITH SECRETARY MAY-10-2001 S MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BURZYNSKI MAY-10-2001 S MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL MAY-18-2001 S MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BURZYNSKI MAY-18-2001 S BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL MAY-22-2001 S MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BURZYNSKI MAY-22-2001 S SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/056-001-000 MAY-22-2001 S PASSED BOTH HOUSES JUN-20-2001 S SENT TO THE GOVERNOR AUG-17-2001 S GOVERNOR APPROVED AUG-17-2001 S EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01 AUG-17-2001 S PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0441 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary