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92_SB1977
LRB9215755RCcd
1 AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance.
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 237 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 405/237) (from Ch. 48, par. 347)
7 Sec. 237. (a) "Base period" means (1) the four
8 consecutive calendar quarters ended on the preceding December
9 31, for benefit years beginning in May, June, or July; (2)
10 the four consecutive calendar quarters ended on the preceding
11 March 31, for benefit years beginning in August, September,
12 or October; (3) the four consecutive calendar quarters ended
13 on the preceding June 30, for benefit years beginning in
14 November, December, or January; and (4) the four consecutive
15 calendar quarters ended on the preceding September 30, for
16 benefit years beginning in February, March, or April. This
17 paragraph shall apply to benefit years beginning prior to
18 November 1, 1981. For each benefit year beginning on or after
19 November 1, 1981, "base period" means the first four of the
20 last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding
21 the benefit year. Further, any wages that had previously been
22 used to establish a valid claim under Section 242 and with
23 respect to which benefits have been paid shall not be
24 included in the base period provided for in this subsection.
25 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) the foregoing
26 paragraph, with respect to any benefit year beginning on or
27 after January 1, 1988, an individual, who has been awarded
28 temporary total disability under any workers' compensation
29 act or any occupational diseases act and does not qualify for
30 the maximum weekly benefit amount under Section 401 because
31 he was unemployed and awarded temporary total disability
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1 during the base period determined in accordance with
2 subsection (a) the preceding paragraph, shall have his weekly
3 benefit amount, if it is greater than the weekly benefit
4 amount determined in accordance with subsection (a) the
5 preceding paragraph, determined by the base period of a
6 benefit year which began on the date of the beginning of the
7 first week for which he was awarded temporary total
8 disability under any workers' compensation act or
9 occupational diseases act, provided, however, that such base
10 period shall not begin more than one year prior to the
11 individual's base period as determined under subsection (a)
12 the preceding paragraph. Further, any wages which had
13 previously been used to establish a valid claim pursuant to
14 Section 242 and with respect to which benefits have been paid
15 shall not be included in the base period provided for in this
16 subsection paragraph.
17 (c) With respect to any benefit year beginning on or
18 after January 1, 2003, for an individual who is ineligible to
19 receive benefits under this Act by reason of the provisions
20 of paragraph E of Section 500 during the base periods
21 determined in accordance with subsections (a) and (b), "base
22 period" means the last 4 completed calendar quarters
23 immediately preceding the benefit year.
24 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
25 Section, "base period" means the base period as defined in
26 the unemployment compensation law of any State under which
27 benefits are payable to an individual on the basis of a
28 combination of his wages pursuant to an arrangement described
29 in Section 2700 F.
30 (Source: P.A. 85-956; 85-1009.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.