THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, FONTANA, M. WHITE, COSTA, BREWSTER, WASHINGTON AND STACK, OCTOBER 24, 2011

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 24, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937

P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of

unemployment compensation to be administered by the

Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly

created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)

selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to

keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay

contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the

payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;

providing procedure and administrative details for the

determination, payment and collection of such contributions

and the payment of such compensation; providing for

cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;

creating certain special funds in the custody of the State

Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," further providing for

definitions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 4(l)(4)(17) of the act of December 5,

1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the

Unemployment Compensation Law, is amended to read:

Section 4.  Definitions.--The following words and phrases, as

used in this act, shall have the following meanings, unless the

context clearly requires otherwise.

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(l)  * * *

(4)  The word "employment" shall not include--

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(17)  Service performed by an individual for an employer as

an insurance agent or real estate salesman or as an insurance

solicitor or as a real estate broker or as a licensed public

adjuster or public adjuster solicitor or as a solicitor of

applications for, or salesman of, shares of or certificates

issued by an investment company, or as an agent of an investment

company, if all such service performed by such individual for

such employer is performed for remuneration solely by way of

commission, or services performed by an individual as an

unsalaried correspondent for a newspaper, who receives no

compensation, or compensation only for copy accepted for

publication.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.