Senate Bill 501 Summary

• Waives repayment liability for unemployment benefits paid after July 1, 2011, to individuals who were ineligible solely due to changes made by HEA 1450-2011.

• Requires the individual to have received benefits without personal fault and to have been ineligible only because of the specific law changes referenced.

• Charges waived benefits to the state unemployment insurance fund rather than to individual employers' experience accounts or to employers making payments in lieu of contributions.

• Becomes effective July 1, 2013.