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AL HB278
Bill
Status
2/18/2020
Primary Sponsor
Danny Garrett
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 25-4-72 to confirm language for unemployment benefit calculations effective July 2, 2006, calculating weekly benefits as one twenty-sixth of average wages from the two highest-earning quarters of the base period.
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Sets weekly benefit amount minimum threshold at $44.50; amounts below this threshold result in no weekly benefit payment.
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Establishes maximum weekly benefit amounts based on effective dates: $255 (July 6, 2008), $265 (July 5, 2009), and $275 (January 1, 2020).
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Adds Sections 25-4-59 and 25-4-153 to establish that procedures in Articles 3 and 7 for making contribution rate determinations and appeals shall be exclusive remedies.
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Authorizes withdrawal of up to $7,940,119 in "Reed Act" funds from the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund for administrative purposes from May 29, 2008, through September 30, 2009, without affecting 2010 employer tax schedules.
Legislative Description
Unemployment compensation, language relating to benefit years beginning on or after July 2, 2006, confirmed, Secs. 25-4-59, 25-4-153 added; Secs. 25-4-72 am'd.
Unemployment Compensation
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business
2/18/2020