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91_SB0777eng SB777 Engrossed LRB9105521WHdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act by 2 changing Section 1506.3. 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 1506.3 as follows: 7 (820 ILCS 405/1506.3) (from Ch. 48, par. 576.3) 8 Sec. 1506.3. Fund building rates - Temporary 9 Administrative Funding. 10 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 11 following fund building rates shall be in effect for the 12 following calendar years: 13 For each employer whose contribution rate for 1988, 1989, 14 1990, the first, third, and fourth quarters of 1991, 1992, 15 1993, 1994, 1995,and1997, 1998, andany calendar year16thereafter1999 would, in the absence of this Section, be 17 0.2% or higher, a contribution rate which is the sum of such 18 rate and 0.4%; 19 For each employer whose contribution rate for the second 20 quarter of 1991 would, in the absence of this Section, be 21 0.2% or higher, a contribution rate which is the sum of such 22 rate and 0.3%; 23 For each employer whose contribution rate for 1996 would, 24 in the absence of this Section, be 0.1% or higher, a 25 contribution rate which is the sum of such rate and 0.4%; 26 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this Section 27 or any other provision of this Act, except for the provisions 28 contained in Section 1500 pertaining to rates applicable to 29 employers classified under the Standard Industrial Code, no 30 employer whose total wages for insured work paid by him 31 during any calendar quarter in 1988 and any calendar year SB777 Engrossed -2- LRB9105521WHdv 1 thereafter are less than $50,000 shall pay contributions at a 2 rate with respect to such quarter which exceeds the 3 following: with respect to calendar year 1988, 5%; with 4 respect to 1989 and any calendar year thereafter, 5.4%. 5 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph of this Section, 6 or any other provision of this Act, no employer's 7 contribution rate with respect to calendar years 1993 through 8 1995 shall exceed 5.4% if the employer ceased operations at 9 an Illinois manufacturing facility in 1991 and remained 10 closed at that facility during all of 1992, and the employer 11 in 1993 commits to invest at least $5,000,000 for the purpose 12 of resuming operations at that facility, and the employer 13 rehires during 1993 at least 250 of the individuals employed 14 by it at that facility during the one year period prior to 15 the cessation of its operations, provided that, within 30 16 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993, 17 the employer makes application to the Department to have the 18 provisions of this paragraph apply to it. The immediately 19 preceding sentence shall be null and void with respect to an 20 employer which by December 31, 1993 has not satisfied the 21 rehiring requirement specified by this paragraph or which by 22 December 31, 1994 has not made the investment specified by 23 this paragraph. 24 B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for 25 the second quarter of 1991, the contribution rate of each 26 employer as determined in accordance with Sections 1500, 27 1506.1, and subsection A of this Section shall be equal to 28 the sum of such rate and 0.1%; provided that this subsection 29 shall not apply to any employer whose rate computed under 30 Section 1506.1 for such quarter is between 5.1% and 5.3%, 31 inclusive, and who qualifies for the 5.4% rate ceiling 32 imposed by the last paragraph of subsection A for such 33 quarter. All payments made pursuant to this subsection shall 34 be deposited in the Employment Security Administrative Fund SB777 Engrossed -3- LRB9105521WHdv 1 established under Section 2103.1 and used for the 2 administration of this Act. 3 C. Payments received by the Director which are 4 insufficient to pay the total contributions due under the Act 5 shall be first applied to satisfy the amount due pursuant to 6 subsection B. 7 D. All provisions of this Act applicable to the 8 collection or refund of any contribution due under this Act 9 shall be applicable to the collection or refund of amounts 10 due pursuant to subsection B. 11 (Source: P.A. 88-518; 89-446, eff. 2-8-96.)