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91_HB3904
LRB9112447WHcs
1 AN ACT to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act by
2 changing Section 237.
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 237 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 405/237) (from Ch. 48, par. 347)
8 Sec. 237. (a) "Base period" means (1) the four
9 consecutive calendar quarters ended on the preceding December
10 31, for benefit years beginning in May, June, or July; (2)
11 the four consecutive calendar quarters ended on the preceding
12 March 31, for benefit years beginning in August, September,
13 or October; (3) the four consecutive calendar quarters ended
14 on the preceding June 30, for benefit years beginning in
15 November, December, or January; and (4) the four consecutive
16 calendar quarters ended on the preceding September 30, for
17 benefit years beginning in February, March, or April. This
18 paragraph shall apply to benefit years beginning prior to
19 November 1, 1981. For each benefit year beginning on or after
20 November 1, 1981, "base period" means the first four of the
21 last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding
22 the benefit year. Further, any wages that had previously been
23 used to establish a valid claim under Section 242 and with
24 respect to which benefits have been paid shall not be
25 included in the base period provided for in this subsection.
26 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) the foregoing
27 paragraph, with respect to any benefit year beginning on or
28 after January 1, 1988, an individual, who has been awarded
29 temporary total disability under any workers' compensation
30 act or any occupational diseases act and does not qualify for
31 the maximum weekly benefit amount under Section 401 because
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1 he was unemployed and awarded temporary total disability
2 during the base period determined in accordance with
3 subsection (a) the preceding paragraph, shall have his weekly
4 benefit amount, if it is greater than the weekly benefit
5 amount determined in accordance with subsection (a) the
6 preceding paragraph, determined by the base period of a
7 benefit year which began on the date of the beginning of the
8 first week for which he was awarded temporary total
9 disability under any workers' compensation act or
10 occupational diseases act, provided, however, that such base
11 period shall not begin more than one year prior to the
12 individual's base period as determined under subsection (a)
13 the preceding paragraph. Further, any wages which had
14 previously been used to establish a valid claim pursuant to
15 Section 242 and with respect to which benefits have been paid
16 shall not be included in the base period provided for in this
17 subsection paragraph.
18 (c) With respect to any benefit year beginning on or
19 after January 1, 2001, for an individual who is ineligible to
20 receive benefits under this Act by reason of the provisions
21 of paragraph E of Section 500 during the base periods
22 determined in accordance with subsections (a) and (b), "base
23 period" means the last 4 completed calendar quarters
24 immediately preceding the benefit year.
25 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
26 Section, "base period" means the base period as defined in
27 the unemployment compensation law of any State under which
28 benefits are payable to an individual on the basis of a
29 combination of his wages pursuant to an arrangement described
30 in Section 2700 F.
31 (Source: P.A. 85-956; 85-1009.)