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91_HB4429

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 401 as follows:

 6        (820 ILCS 405/401) (from Ch. 48, par. 401)
 7        Sec.  401.   Weekly   Benefit   Amount    -   Dependents'
 8    Allowances.
 9        A.  With respect to any week beginning prior to April 24,
10    1983,  an  individual's  weekly  benefit  amount  shall be an
11    amount equal to the weekly benefit amount as defined in  this
12    Act as in effect on November 30, 1982.
13        B. 1.  With  respect  to  any  week beginning on or after
14    April 24, 1983 and before January 3,  1988,  an  individual's
15    weekly  benefit  amount  shall  be  48%  of his prior average
16    weekly wage, rounded  (if  not  already  a  multiple  of  one
17    dollar)  to  the  next higher dollar; provided, however, that
18    the weekly benefit amount cannot exceed  the  maximum  weekly
19    benefit  amount, and cannot be less than 15% of the statewide
20    average weekly wage, rounded (if not already  a  multiple  of
21    one  dollar)  to  the next higher dollar. However, the weekly
22    benefit amount  for  an  individual  who  has  established  a
23    benefit  year  beginning  before  April  24,  1983,  shall be
24    determined, for weeks beginning on or after  April  24,  1983
25    claimed  with respect to that benefit year, as provided under
26    this Act as in effect on November 30, 1982.  With respect  to
27    any  week  beginning  on  or after January 3, 1988 and before
28    January 1, 1993, an individual's weekly benefit amount  shall
29    be  49%  of  his  prior  average weekly wage, rounded (if not
30    already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher  dollar;
31    provided,  however,  that  the  weekly  benefit amount cannot
 
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 1    exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount, and cannot be  less
 2    than  $51.   With  respect  to any week beginning on or after
 3    January 3, 1993, an individual's weekly benefit amount  shall
 4    be  49.5%  of  his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not
 5    already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher  dollar;
 6    provided,  however,  that  the  weekly  benefit amount cannot
 7    exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount and cannot  be  less
 8    than $51.
 9        2.  For the purposes of this subsection:
10        With  respect to any week beginning on or after April 24,
11    1983, an individual's "prior average weekly wage"  means  the
12    total  wages  for insured work paid to that individual during
13    the 2 calendar quarters of his  base  period  in  which  such
14    total  wages were highest, divided by 26.  If the quotient is
15    not already a multiple of one dollar, it shall be rounded  to
16    the nearest dollar; however if the quotient is equally near 2
17    multiples  of  one  dollar, it shall be rounded to the higher
18    multiple of one dollar.
19        "Determination date" means June 1, 1982, December 1, 1982
20    and December 1 of each succeeding calendar  year  thereafter.
21    However,  if  as of June 30, 1982, or any June 30 thereafter,
22    the net amount standing to the credit of this State's account
23    in the unemployment trust fund (less all outstanding advances
24    to that account, including advances pursuant to Title XII  of
25    the   federal   Social   Security   Act)   is   greater  than
26    $100,000,000, "determination date" shall mean December  1  of
27    that  year and June 1 of the succeeding year. Notwithstanding
28    the preceding sentence, for the purposes of  this  Act  only,
29    there shall be no June 1 determination date in any year after
30    1986.
31        "Determination period" means, with respect to each June 1
32    determination date, the 12 consecutive calendar months ending
33    on the immediately preceding December 31 and, with respect to
34    each  December  1  determination  date,  the  12  consecutive
 
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 1    calendar months ending on the immediately preceding June 30.
 2        "Benefit  period" means the 12 consecutive calendar month
 3    period beginning on the first day of the first calendar month
 4    immediately following a determination date, except that, with
 5    respect to any calendar year in  which  there  is  a  June  1
 6    determination   date,  "benefit  period"  shall  mean  the  6
 7    consecutive calendar month period beginning on the first  day
 8    of   the  first  calendar  month  immediately  following  the
 9    preceding December 1 determination date and the 6 consecutive
10    calendar month period beginning on the first day of the first
11    calendar month immediately following the June 1 determination
12    date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the 6  calendar
13    months  beginning  January  1,  1982 and ending June 30, 1982
14    shall be deemed a benefit period with respect  to  which  the
15    determination date shall be June 1, 1981.
16        "Gross  wages"  means  all  the wages paid to individuals
17    during  the  determination  period  immediately  preceding  a
18    determination date for insured  work,  and  reported  to  the
19    Director  by  employers  prior  to the first day of the third
20    calendar month preceding that date.
21        "Covered employment" for any  calendar  month  means  the
22    total  number  of individuals, as determined by the Director,
23    engaged in insured work at mid-month.
24        "Average monthly covered employment" means one-twelfth of
25    the sum of the covered employment for  the  12  months  of  a
26    determination period.
27        "Statewide  average  annual  wage"  means  the  quotient,
28    obtained  by  dividing gross wages by average monthly covered
29    employment for the same determination period, rounded (if not
30    already a multiple of one cent) to the nearest cent.
31        "Statewide  average  weekly  wage"  means  the  quotient,
32    obtained by dividing the statewide average annual wage by 52,
33    rounded (if not already  a  multiple  of  one  cent)  to  the
34    nearest cent.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section
 
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 1    to  the  contrary,  the statewide average weekly wage for the
 2    benefit period beginning July 1, 1982 and ending December 31,
 3    1982 shall be the statewide average weekly wage in effect for
 4    the immediately preceding benefit period plus one-half of the
 5    result obtained by subtracting the statewide  average  weekly
 6    wage  for  the  immediately preceding benefit period from the
 7    statewide  average  weekly  wage  for  the   benefit   period
 8    beginning  July  1, 1982 and ending December 31, 1982 as such
 9    statewide average weekly wage would have been determined  but
10    for  the  provisions  of  this paragraph. Notwithstanding any
11    provisions of this Section to  the  contrary,  the  statewide
12    average  weekly  wage  for the benefit period beginning April
13    24, 1983 and ending January 31, 1984 shall be  $321  and  for
14    the  benefit  period  beginning  February  1, 1984 and ending
15    December 31, 1986 shall be $335, and for the  benefit  period
16    beginning  January  1,  1987,  and  ending December 31, 1987,
17    shall  be  $350,  except  that  for  an  individual  who  has
18    established a benefit year beginning before April  24,  1983,
19    the   statewide  average  weekly  wage  used  in  determining
20    benefits, for any week beginning on or after April 24,  1983,
21    claimed  with respect to that benefit year, shall be $334.80,
22    except that, for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  minimum
23    weekly  benefit  amount under subsection B(1) for the benefit
24    period beginning January 1, 1987,  and  ending  December  31,
25    1987,  the  statewide  average weekly wage shall be $335; for
26    the benefit periods January  1,  1988  through  December  31,
27    1988,  January 1, 1989 through December 31, 1989, and January
28    1, 1990 through December  31,  1990,  the  statewide  average
29    weekly  wage  shall  be  $359,  $381, and $406, respectively.
30    Notwithstanding the preceding sentences  of  this  paragraph,
31    for  the  benefit period of calendar year 1991, the statewide
32    average weekly wage shall be $406 plus (or minus)  an  amount
33    equal  to  the  percentage  change  in  the statewide average
34    weekly wage, as computed in  accordance  with  the  preceding
 
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 1    sentences  of  this paragraph, between the benefit periods of
 2    calendar years 1989 and 1990, multiplied by  $406;  and,  for
 3    the  benefit periods of calendar years 1992 through 2000 2003
 4    and calendar year 2005 and each calendar year thereafter, the
 5    statewide average weekly wage, shall be the statewide average
 6    weekly wage, as determined in accordance with this  sentence,
 7    for  the immediately preceding benefit period plus (or minus)
 8    an amount equal to the percentage  change  in  the  statewide
 9    average  weekly  wage,  as  computed  in  accordance with the
10    preceding  sentences  of  this  paragraph,  between   the   2
11    immediately  preceding  benefit  periods,  multiplied  by the
12    statewide average weekly wage, as  determined  in  accordance
13    with  this  sentence,  for  the immediately preceding benefit
14    period. For the benefit period of 2004, the statewide average
15    weekly wage shall be $600.  Provided however,  that  for  any
16    benefit period after December 31, 1990, if 2 of the following
17    3 factors occur, then the statewide average weekly wage shall
18    be  the  statewide  average  weekly  wage  in  effect for the
19    immediately  preceding  benefit  period:  (a)   the   average
20    contribution  rate  for  all  employers in this State for the
21    calendar year 2 years prior to the benefit period, as a ratio
22    of total contribution payments (including payments in lieu of
23    contributions) to total wages reported by employers  in  this
24    State  for that same period is 0.2% greater than the national
25    average of this ratio, the  foregoing  to  be  determined  in
26    accordance  with  rules  promulgated by the Director; (b) the
27    balance in this State's account  in  the  unemployment  trust
28    fund, as of March 31 of the prior calendar year, is less than
29    $250,000,000;  or (c) the number of first payments of initial
30    claims, as determined in accordance with rules promulgated by
31    the Director, for the one year period ending on  June  30  of
32    the  prior year, has increased more than 25% over the average
33    number of such payments during the 5 year period ending  that
34    same  June  30; and provided further that if (a), (b) and (c)
 
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 1    occur, then the statewide average weekly wage, as  determined
 2    in  accordance with the preceding sentence, shall be 10% less
 3    than it would have been but for  these  provisions.   If  the
 4    reduced  amount,  computed  in  accordance with the preceding
 5    sentence, is not already a multiple of one dollar,  it  shall
 6    be  rounded  to the nearest dollar.  The 10% reduction in the
 7    statewide average weekly wage in the preceding sentence shall
 8    not be in effect for more than 2 benefit  periods  of  any  5
 9    consecutive benefit periods.  This 10% reduction shall not be
10    cumulative  from  year  to  year.  Neither the freeze nor the
11    reduction  shall  be  considered  in  the  determination   of
12    subsequent  years'  calculations  of statewide average weekly
13    wage. However, for purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act,
14    the statewide average weekly wage will be computed using June
15    1 and December 1 determination dates of  each  calendar  year
16    and such determination shall not be subject to the limitation
17    of  $321,  $335,  $350,  $359,  $381,  $406  or the statewide
18    average weekly  wage  as  computed  in  accordance  with  the
19    preceding 6 7 sentences of this paragraph.
20        With  respect to any week beginning on or after April 24,
21    1983 and before January  3,  1988,  "maximum  weekly  benefit
22    amount"  means  48%  of  the  statewide  average weekly wage,
23    rounded (if not already a multiple  of  one  dollar)  to  the
24    nearest  dollar,  provided  however,  that the maximum weekly
25    benefit amount  for  an  individual  who  has  established  a
26    benefit  year  beginning  before  April  24,  1983,  shall be
27    determined, for weeks beginning on or after  April  24,  1983
28    claimed  with respect to that benefit year, as provided under
29    this Act as amended and  in  effect  on  November  30,  1982,
30    except  that  the  statewide average weekly wage used in such
31    determination shall be $334.80.
32        With respect to any week beginning after January 2,  1988
33    and  before  January 1, 1993, "maximum weekly benefit amount"
34    with respect to each week beginning within a  benefit  period
 
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 1    means  49%  of the statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if
 2    not already a multiple of one  dollar)  to  the  next  higher
 3    dollar.
 4        With respect to any week beginning on or after January 3,
 5    1993,  "maximum  weekly  benefit amount" with respect to each
 6    week beginning within a benefit period  means  49.5%  of  the
 7    statewide  average  weekly  wage,  rounded  (if not already a
 8    multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar.
 9        C.  With respect to any week beginning on or after  April
10    24,  1983  and  before January 3, 1988, an individual to whom
11    benefits are payable with  respect  to  any  week  shall,  in
12    addition  to  such  benefits,  be  paid, with respect to such
13    week, as follows:  in  the  case  of  an  individual  with  a
14    nonworking  spouse,  7%  of  his  prior  average weekly wage,
15    rounded (if not already a multiple  of  one  dollar)  to  the
16    higher dollar; provided, that the total amount payable to the
17    individual with respect to a week shall not exceed 55% of the
18    statewide  average  weekly  wage,  rounded  (if not already a
19    multiple of one dollar) to the nearest  dollar;  and  in  the
20    case  of  an  individual  with a dependent child or dependent
21    children, 14.4% of his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if
22    not already a multiple of one dollar) to the  higher  dollar;
23    provided,  that  the  total  amount payable to the individual
24    with respect  to  a  week  shall  not  exceed  62.4%  of  the
25    statewide  average  weekly  wage,  rounded  (if not already a
26    multiple of one  dollar)  to  the  next  higher  dollar  with
27    respect  to  the benefit period beginning January 1, 1987 and
28    ending December  31,  1987,  and  otherwise  to  the  nearest
29    dollar.   However, for an individual with a nonworking spouse
30    or with a dependent child or children who has  established  a
31    benefit  year  beginning before April 24, 1983, the amount of
32    additional benefits payable  on  account  of  the  nonworking
33    spouse  or  dependent  child or children shall be determined,
34    for weeks beginning on or after April 24, 1983  claimed  with
 
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 1    respect  to  that benefit year, as provided under this Act as
 2    in effect on November 30, 1982,  except  that  the  statewide
 3    average  weekly  wage  used  in  such  determination shall be
 4    $334.80.
 5        With respect to any week beginning on or after January 2,
 6    1988 and before January 1, 1991 and any week beginning on  or
 7    after  January  1,  1992,  and  before  January  1,  1993, an
 8    individual to whom benefits are payable with respect  to  any
 9    week  shall,  in  addition  to  those benefits, be paid, with
10    respect  to  such  week,  as  follows:  in  the  case  of  an
11    individual with a nonworking spouse, 8% of his prior  average
12    weekly  wage,  rounded  (if  not  already  a  multiple of one
13    dollar) to the next higher dollar, provided, that  the  total
14    amount  payable  to  the  individual  with respect to a  week
15    shall not exceed 57% of the statewide  average  weekly  wage,
16    rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next
17    higher  dollar;  and  in  the  case  of  an individual with a
18    dependent child or  dependent  children,  15%  of  his  prior
19    average  weekly  wage,  rounded (if not already a multiple of
20    one dollar) to the next  higher  dollar,  provided  that  the
21    total amount payable to the individual with respect to a week
22    shall  not  exceed  64% of the statewide average weekly wage,
23    rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next
24    higher dollar.
25        With respect to any week beginning on or after January 1,
26    1991 and before  January  1,  1992,  an  individual  to  whom
27    benefits  are  payable  with  respect  to  any week shall, in
28    addition to the benefits, be paid, with respect to such week,
29    as follows: in the case of an individual  with  a  nonworking
30    spouse,  8.3%  of  his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if
31    not already a multiple of one  dollar)  to  the  next  higher
32    dollar,  provided,  that  the  total  amount  payable  to the
33    individual with respect to a week shall not exceed  57.3%  of
34    the  statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a
 
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 1    multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar; and in the
 2    case of an individual with a  dependent  child  or  dependent
 3    children, 15.3% of his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if
 4    not  already  a  multiple  of  one dollar) to the next higher
 5    dollar,  provided  that  the  total  amount  payable  to  the
 6    individual with respect to a week shall not exceed  64.3%  of
 7    the  statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a
 8    multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar.
 9        With respect to any week beginning on or after January 3,
10    1993, an individual to whom benefits are payable with respect
11    to any week shall, in addition to those  benefits,  be  paid,
12    with  respect  to  such  week,  as follows: in the case of an
13    individual with a nonworking spouse, 9% of his prior  average
14    weekly  wage,  rounded  (if  not  already  a  multiple of one
15    dollar) to the next higher dollar, provided, that  the  total
16    amount  payable  to  the  individual  with respect to a  week
17    shall not exceed 58.5% of the statewide average weekly  wage,
18    rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next
19    higher  dollar;  and  in  the  case  of  an individual with a
20    dependent child or  dependent  children,  16%  of  his  prior
21    average  weekly  wage,  rounded (if not already a multiple of
22    one dollar) to the next  higher  dollar,  provided  that  the
23    total amount payable to the individual with respect to a week
24    shall  not exceed 65.5% of the statewide average weekly wage,
25    rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next
26    higher dollar.
27        For the purposes of this subsection:
28        "Dependent" means a child or a nonworking spouse.
29        "Child" means a  natural  child,  stepchild,  or  adopted
30    child  of an individual claiming benefits under this Act or a
31    child who is in the custody of any such individual  by  court
32    order, for whom the individual is supplying and, for at least
33    90  consecutive  days  (or  for  the duration of the parental
34    relationship if  it  has  existed  for  less  than  90  days)
 
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 1    immediately  preceding  any  week  with  respect to which the
 2    individual has filed a claim, has supplied more than one-half
 3    the cost of support, or has supplied at least 1/4 of the cost
 4    of support if the individual and the other parent,  together,
 5    are supplying and, during the aforesaid period, have supplied
 6    more  than  one-half  the  cost of support, and are, and were
 7    during the aforesaid period, members of the  same  household;
 8    and  who, on the first day of such week (a) is under 18 years
 9    of age, or (b)  is,  and  has  been  during  the  immediately
10    preceding 90 days, unable to work because of illness or other
11    disability:  provided, that no person who has been determined
12    to be a child of an individual who has been allowed  benefits
13    with respect to a week in the individual's benefit year shall
14    be  deemed  to  be  a child of the other parent, and no other
15    person shall be determined  to  be  a  child  of  such  other
16    parent, during the remainder of that benefit year.
17        "Nonworking  spouse"  means the lawful husband or wife of
18    an individual claiming benefits under this Act, for whom more
19    than one-half the cost of support has been  supplied  by  the
20    individual  for  at  least  90  consecutive  days (or for the
21    duration of the marital relationship if it  has  existed  for
22    less  than  90  days)  immediately  preceding  any  week with
23    respect to which the individual has filed a claim,  but  only
24    if  the  nonworking spouse is currently ineligible to receive
25    benefits under this  Act  by  reason  of  the  provisions  of
26    Section 500E.
27        An individual who was obligated by law to provide for the
28    support  of  a  child  or  of  a  nonworking  spouse  for the
29    aforesaid period of 90 consecutive days, but was prevented by
30    illness or injury from doing so,  shall  be  deemed  to  have
31    provided  more than one-half the cost of supporting the child
32    or nonworking spouse for that period.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-554, eff. 12-12-97; 91-342, eff. 7-29-99.)

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