PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3541 PRINTER'S NO. 3570
No. 2583 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, BELFANTI, PRESSMANN, KASUNIC, FREEMAN,
CARN, LEVDANSKY, DeLUCA, WOZNIAK AND BILLOW, JUNE 22, 1988
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 28, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.762, No.340), entitled "An <--
2 act providing for the creation and administration of a State
3 Fund for the insurance of compensation for injuries to
4 employes of subscribers thereto; declaring false oaths by the
5 subscribers to be misdemeanors; and providing penalties for
6 the violation thereof," providing for the transfer of certain
7 investment earnings; and making appropriations.
8 AMENDING THE ACT OF DECEMBER 5, 1936 (2ND SP.SESS., 1937 <--
9 P.L.2897, NO.1), ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF
10 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND ITS EXISTING AND NEWLY
12 CREATED AGENCIES WITH PERSONNEL (WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS)
13 SELECTED ON A CIVIL SERVICE BASIS; REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO
14 KEEP RECORDS AND MAKE REPORTS, AND CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO PAY
15 CONTRIBUTIONS BASED ON PAYROLLS TO PROVIDE MONEYS FOR THE
16 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN UNEMPLOYED PERSONS;
17 PROVIDING PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE
18 DETERMINATION, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS
19 AND THE PAYMENT OF SUCH COMPENSATION; PROVIDING FOR
20 COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES;
21 CREATING CERTAIN SPECIAL FUNDS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE
22 TREASURER; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES," ESTABLISHING A
23 SEPARATE FUND TO SUPPLEMENT THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
24 FUND; PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN INVESTMENT
25 EARNINGS IN THE STATE WORKMEN'S INSURANCE FUND; FURTHER
26 PROVIDING FOR THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTION BY EMPLOYERS AND
27 EMPLOYEES; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE RATE AND AMOUNT OF
28 BENEFITS; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND
29 FOR THE RECOUPMENT OF FAULT OVERPAYMENTS; MAKING
30 APPROPRIATIONS; AND MAKING A REPEAL.
31 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. The act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.762, No.340), <--
3 referred to as the State Workmen's Insurance Fund Law, is
4 amended by adding a section to read:
5 Section 12.1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988,
6 the board is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to the
7 unemployment compensation trigger reserve account moneys which
8 were received by the State Workmen's Insurance Fund in any prior
9 year as earnings on investments held by the fund. The maximum
10 amount which may be transferred to the unemployment compensation
11 trigger reserve account shall be one hundred and fifty million
12 dollars.
13 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
14 necessary, are hereby appropriated from the State Workmen's
15 Insurance Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988:
16 (1) The sum of $25,000,000 is appropriated to the
17 Treasury Department for transfer to the Sunny Day Fund.
18 (2) The sum of $25,000,000 is appropriated to the
19 Treasury Department for transfer to the Tax Stabilization
20 Reserve Fund.
21 (3) The sum of $25,000,000 is appropriated to the
22 Department of Transportation for urban mass transportation
23 assistance for grants to local transportation organizations.
24 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1988.
25 SECTION 1. SECTIONS 301.2, 301.4 AND 301.5 OF THE ACT OF <--
26 DECEMBER 5, 1936 (2ND SP.SESS., 1937 P.L.2897, NO.1), KNOWN AS
27 THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW, AMENDED OR ADDED JULY 21,
28 1983 (P.L.68, NO.30), ARE AMENDED TO READ:
29 SECTION 301.2. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.--NOTWITHSTANDING
30 ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, ALL EMPLOYERS REQUIRED TO PAY
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1 CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER SECTION 301 OR 301.1, EXCEPT THOSE SUBJECT
2 TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 301(A)(3) AND (4) OR 301.1(G),
3 SHALL PAY ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [EQUAL TO SEVEN-TENTHS OF ONE
4 PER CENTUM (0.7%) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1984, SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PER
5 CENTUM (0.6%) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1985 AND FIVE-TENTHS OF ONE PER
6 CENTUM (0.5%) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1986 AND THEREAFTER] AT A RATE
7 AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 301.7 ON WAGES PAID WITH REGARD TO THE
8 LIMITATION SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 4(X)(1) OF THIS ACT.
9 SECTION 301.4. CONTRIBUTIONS BY EMPLOYES.--(A)
10 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, [FOR CALENDAR
11 YEAR 1984 AND EVERY CALENDAR YEAR THEREAFTER] EACH EMPLOYE SHALL
12 CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND [ONE-TENTH OF
13 ONE PER CENTUM (0.1%)] AT A RATE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 301.7
14 OF ALL WAGES PAID FOR "EMPLOYMENT" AS DEFINED BY THE ACT WITHOUT
15 REGARD TO THE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN SECTION 4(X)(1) OF THIS
16 ACT.
17 (B) EACH EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO THIS ACT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
18 FOR WITHHOLDING AND SHALL WITHHOLD, IN TRUST, SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS
19 FROM THE WAGES OF HIS EMPLOYES AT THE TIME SUCH WAGES ARE PAID,
20 AND SHALL REPORT AND TRANSMIT SUCH DEDUCTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT
21 FOR DEPOSIT INTO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND, IN
22 ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE
23 DEPARTMENT.
24 (C) ANY EMPLOYER WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OR ANY OFFICER OR
25 AGENT OF ANY EMPLOYER, WHO VIOLATES THE TRUST PROVISION OF THIS
26 SECTION, FAILS TO WITHHOLD, HOLD IN TRUST OR FAILS TO TRANSMIT
27 TO THE DEPARTMENT ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WITHHELD FROM THE WAGES OF
28 HIS EMPLOYES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND PROCEDURE
29 ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
30 OF CLAUSE (2) OF SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION 301 AND SECTIONS 308,
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1 308.1, 308.2, 308.3 AND 309 OF THIS ACT.
2 (D) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE
3 OPERATION OF ANY STATE STATUTE OR ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF A
4 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION WHICH LEVIES OR COLLECTS ANY WAGE TAX OR
5 SIMILAR TAX. CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ARE NOT
6 INTENDED TO REDUCE OR OTHERWISE AFFECT ANY TAX ON WAGES OR
7 SIMILAR TAX.
8 SECTION 301.5. SURCHARGE.--[(A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
9 PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, ALL EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO THIS ACT (OTHER
10 THAN EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE ELECTED, PURSUANT TO SECTION 1102 OR
11 1202.2, TO MAKE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS) SHALL BE
12 ASSESSED A SURCHARGE OF FIFTEEN PER CENTUM (15%) OF THE
13 CONTRIBUTIONS DUE FOR 1983 WITHOUT REGARD TO THE TAX CREDIT
14 GRANTED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION 301.3. ADDITIONAL
15 CONTRIBUTIONS DUE UNDER THIS SECTION FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY
16 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1983 SHALL BE PAYABLE ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 31,
17 1983. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS DUE UNDER THIS SECTION FOR THE
18 PERIOD OF OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER 1983 SHALL BE PAYABLE ON OR
19 BEFORE JANUARY 31, 1984. SUCH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS DUE UNDER
20 THIS SECTION SHALL BE COLLECTIBLE IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN
21 SECTIONS 308.1, 308.2, 308.3 AND 309 OF THIS ACT.
22 (B) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CONTRIBUTIONS ON WAGES
23 PAID DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1983, THROUGH JUNE 30, 1983,
24 BY JOBBERS, MANUFACTURERS, CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS WITH A
25 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CODE CLASSIFICATION OF 23 FOR WORK ON THE
26 GOODS OR PREMISES OF THE JOBBER OR MANUFACTURER OR PERFORMING
27 PARTS OF AN INTEGRATED PROCESS OF PRODUCTION IN THE APPAREL
28 INDUSTRY.]
29 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, ALL
30 EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO THIS ACT (OTHER THAN EMPLOYERS WHO ARE
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1 SUBJECT TO SECTION 1003 OR WHO HAVE ELECTED, PURSUANT TO SECTION
2 1102 OR 1202.2 TO MAKE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS) SHALL
3 BE ASSESSED A SURCHARGE ON CONTRIBUTIONS DUE FROM EMPLOYERS AT A
4 RATE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 301.7. SUCH ADDITIONAL
5 CONTRIBUTIONS DUE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE COLLECTIBLE IN THE
6 MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 308.1, 308.2, 308.3 AND 309 OF THIS
7 ACT.
8 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING SECTIONS TO READ:
9 SECTION 301.7 TRIGGER DETERMINATION.--(A) ON JULY 1 OF
10 EVERY YEAR, THE SECRETARY SHALL CALCULATE THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE
11 TO BE USED IN SETTING SURCHARGE AND CONTRIBUTION RATES FOR THE
12 CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED UNDER SECTIONS 301.2, 301.4 AND 301.5 AND
13 IN SETTING THE BENEFIT REDUCTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION
14 404(E)(4) FOR THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR. THE SECRETARY SHALL:
15 (1) DETERMINE THE BALANCE IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
16 FUND;
17 (2) DETERMINE THE AVERAGE OF THE BENEFIT COSTS FOR THE THREE
18 IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FISCAL YEARS; AND
19 (3) CALCULATE THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT
20 COMPENSATION FUND REPRESENTS OF THE AVERAGE OF THE BENEFIT
21 COSTS.
22 (B) SURCHARGE AND CONTRIBUTION RATES SHALL BE ANNOUNCED BY
23 THE SECRETARY ON JULY 1 OF EVERY YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
24 FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
25 (1) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PER
26 CENTUM (150%) OR HIGHER, THE RATE OF THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED
27 UNDER SECTION 301.5 SHALL BE A NEGATIVE ONE AND ONE-HALF PER
28 CENTUM (1.5%).
29 (2) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED AND
30 TWENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM (125%), BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED AND
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1 FIFTY PER CENTUM (150%), THERE SHALL BE NO SURCHARGE OR
2 CONTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 301.2, 301.4 OR 301.5.
3 (3) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED TEN
4 PER CENTUM (110%), BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PER
5 CENTUM (125%):
6 (I) THE RATE OF THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5
7 SHALL BE FOUR PER CENTUM (4%); AND
8 (II) THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.4
9 SHALL BE FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM (.05%).
10 (4) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS AT LEAST NINETY-FIVE PER
11 CENTUM (95%), BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TEN PER CENTUM (110%):
12 (I) THE RATE OF THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5
13 SHALL BE EIGHT PER CENTUM (8%); AND
14 (II) THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.4
15 SHALL BE ONE-TENTH OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.1%).
16 (5) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE PER
17 CENTUM (75%), BUT LESS THAN NINETY-FIVE PER CENTUM (95%):
18 (I) THE RATE OF THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5
19 SHALL BE EIGHT PER CENTUM (8%);
20 (II) THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.4
21 SHALL BE FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.15%); AND
22 (III) THE RATE OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS ASSESSED UNDER
23 SECTION 301.2 SHALL BE TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM
24 (0.25%).
25 (6) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS AT LEAST FIFTY PER CENTUM
26 (50%), BUT LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM (75%):
27 (I) THE RATE OF THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5
28 SHALL BE EIGHT PER CENTUM (8%);
29 (II) THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.4
30 SHALL BE TWO TENTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.2%); AND
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1 (III) THE RATE OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION ASSESSED UNDER
2 SECTION 301.2 SHALL BE FIVE TENTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.5%).
3 (7) WHEN THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS LESS THAN FIFTY PER
4 CENTUM (50%):
5 (I) THE RATE OF THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5
6 SHALL BE EIGHT PER CENTUM (8%); AND
7 (II) THE RATE OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION ASSESSED UNDER
8 SECTION 301.2 SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM
9 (0.75%); AND
10 (III) THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.4
11 SHALL BE TWO TENTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.2%).
12 (C) WHENEVER THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE DETERMINED UNDER
13 SUBSECTION (A) IS LESS THAN FIFTY PER CENTUM (50%), THE
14 SECRETARY SHALL ANNOUNCE A REDUCTION IN THE WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE
15 UNDER SECTION 404(E)(4).
16 (D) WHENEVER THE TRIGGER PERCENTAGE IS LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE
17 PER CENTUM (25%), ANY BALANCE REMAINING IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT
18 COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE ACCOUNT CREATED UNDER THE ACT OF
19 JUNE 2, 1915 (P.L.762, NO.340), REFERRED TO AS THE STATE
20 WORKMEN'S INSURANCE FUND LAW, SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE
21 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND.
22 SECTION 301.8 TRIGGER RATE REDETERMINATIONS.--(A) BEGINNING
23 IN 1992 AND EACH FIFTH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE SECRETARY SHALL
24 REDETERMINE THE RATES OF THE SURCHARGE, EMPLOYE TAX, ADDITIONAL
25 CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFIT REDUCTION OTHERWISE APPLICABLE UNDER
26 SECTIONS 301.7 AND 404(E)(4). THE SECRETARY SHALL REDETERMINE
27 THE RATES SO THAT THE UNROUNDED RATES YIELD CONTRIBUTION
28 INCREASES AND BENEFIT REDUCTIONS, ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS,
29 APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN
30 SUBSECTION (B). THE RATES AS REDETERMINED SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON
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1 JANUARY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL REMAIN IN
2 EFFECT FOR FIVE YEARS.
3 (B) THE RATES SHALL BE ADJUSTED TO YIELD THE AMOUNTS
4 INDICATED AT THE FOLLOWING TRIGGER PERCENTAGES:
5 (1) AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PER CENTUM (150%), THE
6 NEGATIVE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5 SHALL RESULT IN
7 AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION REDUCTION OF EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
8 ($18,000,000);
9 (2) AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED TEN PER CENTUM (110%) BUT LESS THAN
10 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM (125%), THE SURCHARGE
11 ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 301.5 SHALL YIELD FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
12 ($50,000,000) AND THE EMPLOYE TAX UNDER SECTION 301.4 SHALL
13 YIELD THIRTY-THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND
14 THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($33,333,333);
15 (3) AT LEAST NINETY-FIVE PER CENTUM (95%) BUT LESS THAN ONE
16 HUNDRED TEN PER CENTUM (110%), THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER
17 SECTION 301.5 SHALL YIELD ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
18 ($100,000,000) AND THE EMPLOYE TAX UNDER SECTION 301.4 SHALL
19 YIELD SIXTY-SIX MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX
20 HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS ($66,666,666);
21 (4) AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM (75%) BUT LESS THAN
22 NINETY-FIVE PER CENTUM (95%), THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER
23 SECTION 301.5 SHALL YIELD ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
24 ($100,000,000), THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER SECTION 301.2
25 SHALL YIELD SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($75,000,000), AND THE
26 EMPLOYE TAX UNDER SECTION 301.4 SHALL YIELD ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN
27 MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX
28 DOLLARS ($116,666,666);
29 (5) AT LEAST FIFTY PER CENTUM (50%) BUT LESS THAN SEVENTY-
30 FIVE PER CENTUM (75%), THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION
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1 301.5 SHALL YIELD ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000),
2 THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 301.2 SHALL YIELD ONE
3 HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($150,000,000), AND THE EMPLOYE
4 TAX UNDER SECTION 301.4 SHALL YIELD ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX
5 MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX
6 DOLLARS ($166,666,666);
7 (6) LESS THAN FIFTY PER CENTUM (50%), THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED
8 UNDER SECTION 301.5 SHALL YIELD ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
9 ($100,000,000), THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 301.2
10 SHALL YIELD TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
11 ($225,000,000), THE EMPLOYE TAX UNDER SECTION 301.4 SHALL YIELD
12 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX
13 HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS ($166,666,666), AND THE BENEFIT
14 REDUCTION UNDER SECTION 404(E)(4) SHALL YIELD FIFTY-TWO MILLION
15 DOLLARS ($52,000,000).
16 (C) FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDETERMINING THE RATES UNDER THIS
17 SECTION, THE SECRETARY SHALL UTILIZE THE NECESSARY CONTRIBUTION
18 AND BENEFIT ACTIVITY DATA FROM THE CALENDAR YEAR IMMEDIATELY
19 PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE REDETERMINATION IS TO BE DONE.
20 (D) THE FIRST REDETERMINATION SHALL BE DONE BY JUNE 30,
21 1992, AND THE RATES SHALL BE REDETERMINED EACH FIFTH SUCCEEDING
22 JUNE 30 AND THE APPLICABLE REDETERMINED RATES SHALL TAKE EFFECT
23 THE NEXT JANUARY 1.
24 (E) THE REDETERMINED RATES SHALL BE ROUNDED IN ACCORDANCE
25 WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
26 (1) IF THE RATE FOR THE SURCHARGE ASSESSED UNDER SECTION
27 301.5 IS NOT A MULTIPLE OF ONE TENTH OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.1%),
28 IT SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEXT HIGHER MULTIPLE OF ONE TENTH OF
29 ONE PER CENTUM (0.1%);
30 (2) IF THE RATE FOR THE EMPLOYE TAX UNDER SECTION 301.4 IS
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1 NOT A MULTIPLE OF ONE HUNDREDTH OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.01%) IT
2 SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEXT HIGHER MULTIPLE OF ONE HUNDREDTH OF
3 ONE PER CENTUM (0.01%);
4 (3) IF THE RATE FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION UNDER
5 SECTION 301.2 IS NOT A MULTIPLE OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PER
6 CENTUM (0.05%) IT SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEXT HIGHER MULTIPLE
7 OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.05%);
8 (4) IF THE RATE FOR THE BENEFIT REDUCTION UNDER SECTION
9 404(E)(4) IS NOT A MULTIPLE OF ONE TENTH OF ONE PER CENTUM
10 (0.1%) IT SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEXT HIGHER MULTIPLE OF ONE
11 TENTH OF ONE PER CENTUM (0.1%).
12 SECTION 3. SECTION 314 OF THE ACT IS REPEALED.
13 SECTION 4. THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH AND SUBSECTIONS (D)
14 AND (E)(2) AND (4) OF SECTION 404 AND SECTION 804(A) OF THE ACT,
15 AMENDED OR ADDED DECEMBER 5, 1974 (P.L.771, NO.262) AND JULY 21,
16 1983 (P.L.68, NO.30), ARE AMENDED TO READ:
17 SECTION 404. RATE AND AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION.--COMPENSATION
18 SHALL BE PAID TO EACH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
19 FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION EXCEPT THAT COMPENSATION
20 PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO WEEKS ENDING IN BENEFIT YEARS WHICH
21 BEGIN PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF [JANUARY 1984] JANUARY 1989
22 SHALL BE PAID ON THE BASIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IN
23 EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF SUCH BENEFIT YEARS.
24 * * *
25 (D) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS
26 SECTION EACH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYE WHO IS UNEMPLOYED WITH RESPECT TO
27 ANY WEEK ENDING SUBSEQUENT TO JULY 1, 1980 SHALL BE PAID, WITH
28 RESPECT TO SUCH WEEK, COMPENSATION IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO HIS
29 WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE LESS THE TOTAL OF (I) THE REMUNERATION, IF
30 ANY, PAID OR PAYABLE TO HIM WITH RESPECT TO SUCH WEEK FOR
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1 SERVICES PERFORMED WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF HIS PARTIAL BENEFIT
2 CREDIT[;] AND (II) VACATION PAY, IF ANY, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF
3 HIS PARTIAL BENEFIT CREDIT, EXCEPT WHEN PAID TO AN EMPLOYE WHO
4 IS PERMANENTLY OR INDEFINITELY SEPARATED FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT
5 [AND (III) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF A GOVERNMENTAL OR
6 OTHER PENSION, RETIREMENT OR RETIRED PAY, ANNUITY, OR ANY OTHER
7 SIMILAR PERIODIC PAYMENT WHICH IS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS WORK OF
8 SUCH INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS REASONABLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH WEEK,
9 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
10 SUBSECTION SHALL BE APPLICABLE WHETHER OR NOT SUCH VACATION PAY,
11 RETIREMENT PENSION OR ANNUITIES, OR WAGES ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED
12 TO BE PAID. IF SUCH RETIREMENT PENSION OR ANNUITY PAYMENTS
13 DEDUCTIBLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION ARE RECEIVED
14 ON OTHER THAN A WEEKLY BASIS, THE AMOUNT THEREOF SHALL BE
15 ALLOCATED AND PRO-RATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND
16 REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. VACATION PAY, OR OTHER
17 REMUNERATION DEDUCTIBLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION
18 SHALL BE PRO-RATED ON THE BASIS OF THE EMPLOYE'S NORMAL FULL-
19 TIME WEEKLY WAGE AND AS SO PRO-RATED SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO SUCH
20 PERIOD OR PERIODS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
21 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH COMPENSATION, IF
22 NOT A MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1), SHALL BE COMPUTED TO THE NEXT
23 LOWER MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1)].
24 (2) (I) IN ADDITION TO THE DEDUCTIONS PROVIDED FOR IN
25 CLAUSE (1), FOR ANY WEEK WITH RESPECT TO WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL IS
26 RECEIVING A PENSION, INCLUDING A GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHER PENSION,
27 RETIREMENT OR RETIRED PAY, ANNUITY OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR PERIODIC
28 PAYMENT, UNDER A PLAN MAINTAINED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY A BASE
29 PERIOD OR CHARGEABLE EMPLOYER, THE WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT PAYABLE
30 TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL FOR SUCH WEEK SHALL BE REDUCED, BUT NOT BELOW
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1 ZERO, BY THE PRO-RATED WEEKLY AMOUNT OF THE PENSION AS
2 DETERMINED UNDER SUBCLAUSE (II).
3 (II) IF THE PENSION IS ENTIRELY CONTRIBUTED TO BY THE
4 EMPLOYER, THEN ONE HUNDRED PER CENTUM (100%) OF THE PRO-RATED
5 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF THE PENSION SHALL BE DEDUCTED. IF THE PENSION
6 IS CONTRIBUTED TO BY THE INDIVIDUAL, IN ANY AMOUNT, THEN FIFTY
7 PER CENTUM (50%) OF THE PRO-RATED WEEKLY AMOUNT OF THE PENSION
8 SHALL BE DEDUCTED.
9 (III) NO DEDUCTION SHALL BE MADE UNDER THIS CLAUSE BY REASON
10 OF THE RECEIPT OF A PENSION IF THE SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE
11 INDIVIDUAL DURING THE BASE PERIOD OR REMUNERATION RECEIVED FOR
12 SUCH SERVICES FOR SUCH EMPLOYER DID NOT AFFECT THE INDIVIDUAL'S
13 ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, SUCH PENSION,
14 RETIREMENT OR RETIRED PAY, ANNUITY OR SIMILAR PAYMENT. THIS
15 SUBCLAUSE SHALL NOT APPLY TO PENSIONS PAID UNDER THE SOCIAL
16 SECURITY ACT (PUBLIC LAW 74-271, 42 U.S.C. § 301 ET SEQ.), OR
17 THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 (PUBLIC LAW 93-445, 88 STAT.
18 1305), OR THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS OF PRIOR LAW. PAYMENTS
19 MADE UNDER SUCH ACTS SHALL BE TREATED SOLELY IN THE MANNER
20 SPECIFIED BY SUBCLAUSE (I) OF THIS CLAUSE.
21 (3) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE APPLICABLE
22 WHETHER OR NOT SUCH VACATION PAY, RETIREMENT PENSION OR
23 ANNUITIES OR WAGES ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE PAID. IF SUCH
24 RETIREMENT PENSION OR ANNUITY PAYMENTS DEDUCTIBLE UNDER THE
25 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION ARE RECEIVED ON OTHER THAN A
26 WEEKLY BASIS, THE AMOUNT THEREOF SHALL BE ALLOCATED AND PRO-
27 RATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
28 DEPARTMENT. VACATION PAY OR OTHER REMUNERATION DEDUCTIBLE UNDER
29 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE PRO-RATED ON THE
30 BASIS OF THE EMPLOYE'S NORMAL FULL-TIME WEEKLY WAGE AND AS SO
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1 PRO-RATED SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO SUCH PERIOD OR PERIODS OF
2 UNEMPLOYMENT AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
3 THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH COMPENSATION, IF NOT A MULTIPLE OF ONE
4 DOLLAR ($1), SHALL BE COMPUTED TO THE NEXT LOWER MULTIPLE OF ONE
5 DOLLAR ($1).
6 * * *
7 (E) * * *
8 (2) THE TABLE SPECIFIED FOR THE DETERMINATION OF RATE AND
9 AMOUNT OF BENEFITS SHALL BE EXTENDED OR CONTRACTED ANNUALLY,
10 AUTOMATICALLY BY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE SECRETARY IN
11 ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE: FOR CALENDAR YEAR ONE
12 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO AND FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT
13 CALENDAR YEARS, TO A POINT WHERE THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE
14 EQUALS SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY
15 WAGE FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30 PRECEDING EACH
16 CALENDAR YEAR. IF THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE IS NOT A
17 MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1), IT SHALL BE INCREASED BY ONE DOLLAR
18 ($1) AND THEN ROUNDED TO THE NEXT [HIGHER] LOWER MULTIPLE OF ONE
19 DOLLAR ($1): PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT EFFECTIVE WITH BENEFIT
20 YEARS BEGINNING THE FIRST SUNDAY AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE
21 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDATORY ACT, THE PER CENTUM STATED IN
22 THIS PARAGRAPH FOR ESTABLISHING THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE
23 SHALL BE SIXTY-TWO AND TWO-THIRDS PER CENTUM FOR THE REMAINDER
24 OF CALENDAR YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, SIXTY-
25 FOUR AND TWO-THIRDS PER CENTUM FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ONE
26 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, AND SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS
27 PER CENTUM FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
28 SEVENTY-SIX AND FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEARS.
29 THE TABLE SPECIFIED FOR THE DETERMINATION OF RATE AND AMOUNT
30 OF BENEFITS AS SO EXTENDED OR CONTRACTED SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ONLY
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1 FOR THOSE CLAIMANTS WHOSE BENEFIT YEARS BEGIN ON OR AFTER THE
2 FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF SUCH CALENDAR YEAR.
3 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT
4 RATE, THE PENNSYLVANIA AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE IN COVERED EMPLOYMENT
5 SHALL BE COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF THE TOTAL WAGES REPORTED
6 (IRRESPECTIVE OF THE LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF WAGES SUBJECT TO
7 CONTRIBUTIONS) FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30 AND
8 THIS AMOUNT SHALL BE DIVIDED BY THE AVERAGE MONTHLY NUMBER OF
9 COVERED WORKERS (DETERMINED BY DIVIDING THE TOTAL COVERED
10 EMPLOYMENT REPORTED FOR THE SAME FISCAL YEAR BY TWELVE) TO
11 DETERMINE THE AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE THUS
12 OBTAINED SHALL BE DIVIDED BY FIFTY-TWO AND THE AVERAGE WEEKLY
13 WAGE THUS DETERMINED ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST CENT.
14 * * *
15 (4) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT,
16 EACH CLAIMANT ELIGIBLE FOR A WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE OF SEVENTY-FIVE
17 DOLLARS ($75) OR MORE SHALL HAVE HIS WEEKLY COMPENSATION AS
18 DETERMINED BY APPLICATION OF SUBSECTIONS (A) THROUGH (E) REDUCED
19 BY FIVE PER CENTUM (5%)[, OR MORE IF AND WHEN THE PROVISIONS OF
20 SECTION 314(C)(1)(III) APPLY]. IF SUCH REDUCED WEEKLY
21 COMPENSATION IS NOT AN EVEN MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1), IT
22 SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEXT LOWER MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1):
23 PROVIDED, THAT NO CLAIMANT WHOSE WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE, DETERMINED
24 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (A), IS IN EXCESS OF SEVENTY-FOUR
25 DOLLARS ($74) SHALL HAVE HIS WEEKLY COMPENSATION REDUCED BELOW
26 SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($75) EXCEPT THROUGH THE COMBINED
27 APPLICATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND SUBSECTION (D). THE BALANCE IN
28 THE CLAIMANT'S COMPENSATION ACCOUNT AS INDICATED IN PART D OR E
29 OF THE TABLE CONTAINED IN SUBSECTION (E)(1) OF THIS SECTION
30 SHALL BE REDUCED BY HIS WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT WITHOUT REGARD TO
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1 THE REDUCTION PROVIDED HEREIN. THIS CLAUSE SHALL BE OF NO EFFECT
2 AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1989.
3 (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, EACH
4 CLAIMANT SHALL HAVE HIS WEEKLY COMPENSATION AS DETERMINED BY
5 APPLICATIONS OF SUBSECTIONS (A) THROUGH (E) REDUCED BY FIVE PER
6 CENTUM (5%) IF AND WHEN THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 301.7(C)
7 APPLY, OR BY THE PER CENTUM REDETERMINED UNDER SECTION 301.8, IF
8 AND WHEN APPLICABLE. IF SUCH REDUCED WEEKLY COMPENSATION IS NOT
9 AN EVEN MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1), IT SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE
10 NEXT LOWER MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1): PROVIDED, THAT NO
11 CLAIMANT WHOSE WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE, DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
12 WITH SUBSECTION (A), IS IN EXCESS OF THE WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE
13 IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE THAT IS ONE-HALF OF
14 THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE DETERMINED IN CLAUSE (2) OF THIS
15 SUBSECTION SHALL HAVE HIS WEEKLY COMPENSATION REDUCED BELOW ONE-
16 HALF OF THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE EXCEPT THROUGH THE
17 COMBINED APPLICATION OF THIS CLAUSE AND SUBSECTION (D). THE
18 BALANCE IN THE CLAIMANT'S COMPENSATION ACCOUNT AS INDICATED IN
19 PART D OR E OF THE TABLE CONTAINED IN SUBSECTION (E)(1) OF THIS
20 SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY HIS WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT WITHOUT
21 REGARD TO THE REDUCTION PROVIDED HEREIN.
22 (III) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION ONLY, IF ONE-HALF OF
23 THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE IS NOT A MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR
24 ($1), SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEXT LOWER
25 MULTIPLE OF ONE DOLLAR ($1) AND THEN APPLIED AS REQUIRED BY THIS
26 SUBSECTION.
27 * * *
28 SECTION 5. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
29 SECTION 601.3. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE
30 ACCOUNT.--(A) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE GENERAL
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1 FUND OF THE STATE TREASURY A SPECIAL ACCOUNT, WHICH SHALL BE
2 KNOWN AS THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE ACCOUNT,
3 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
4 FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 601. THERE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN
5 THIS SPECIAL ACCOUNT SUCH MONEYS AS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE
6 STATE WORKMEN'S INSURANCE FUND PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (B). ANY
7 AMOUNTS IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE ACCOUNT
8 SHALL BE MAINTAINED SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE UNEMPLOYMENT
9 COMPENSATION FUND UNLESS AND UNTIL TRANSFERRED TO THE
10 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
11 301.7(D). ANY INTEREST EARNED ON THE PRINCIPAL OF THE
12 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE ACCOUNT SHALL BE
13 DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND. ANY AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
14 THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE ACCOUNT TO THE
15 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND SHALL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR ANY
16 PURPOSE PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 601.
17 (B) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1988, THE STATE
18 WORKMEN'S INSURANCE BOARD IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO
19 TRANSFER TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE
20 ACCOUNT, MONEYS WHICH WERE RECEIVED BY THE STATE WORKMEN'S
21 INSURANCE FUND IN ANY PRIOR YEAR AS EARNINGS ON INVESTMENTS HELD
22 BY THAT FUND. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE
23 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRIGGER RESERVE ACCOUNT SHALL BE ONE
24 HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($150,000,000).
25 SECTION 6. SECTION 804(A) OF THE ACT, AMENDED JULY 21, 1983
26 (P.L.68, NO.30), IS AMENDED TO READ:
27 SECTION 804. RECOVERY AND RECOUPMENT OF COMPENSATION.--(A)
28 ANY PERSON WHO BY REASON OF HIS FAULT HAS RECEIVED ANY SUM AS
29 COMPENSATION UNDER THIS ACT TO WHICH HE WAS NOT ENTITLED, SHALL
30 BE LIABLE TO REPAY TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND TO THE
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1 CREDIT OF THE COMPENSATION ACCOUNT A SUM EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT SO
2 RECEIVED BY HIM AND INTEREST AT THE RATE DETERMINED BY THE
3 SECRETARY OF REVENUE AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 806 OF THE ACT OF
4 APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.343, NO.176), KNOWN AS "THE FISCAL CODE," PER
5 MONTH OR FRACTION OF A MONTH FROM FIFTEEN (15) DAYS AFTER THE
6 NOTICE OF OVERPAYMENT WAS ISSUED UNTIL PAID. SUCH SUM SHALL BE
7 COLLECTIBLE (1) IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 308.1 OR
8 SECTION 309 OF THIS ACT, FOR THE COLLECTION OF PAST DUE
9 CONTRIBUTIONS, OR (2) BY DEDUCTION FROM ANY FUTURE COMPENSATION
10 PAYABLE TO THE CLAIMANT UNDER THIS ACT: PROVIDED, THAT INTEREST
11 ASSESSED UNDER THIS SECTION CANNOT BE RECOUPED BY DEDUCTION FROM
12 ANY FUTURE COMPENSATION PAYABLE TO THE CLAIMANT UNDER THIS ACT:
13 PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT NO ADMINISTRATIVE OR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
14 FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH SUM SHALL BE INSTITUTED AFTER THE
15 EXPIRATION OF SIX YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE BENEFIT YEAR
16 WITH RESPECT TO WHICH SUCH SUM WAS PAID.
17 * * *
18 SECTION 7. THE FOLLOWING SUMS, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE
19 NECESSARY, ARE HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE STATE WORKMEN'S
20 INSURANCE FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1988:
21 (1) THE SUM OF $25,000,000 IS APPROPRIATED TO THE
22 TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSFER TO THE SUNNY DAY FUND.
23 (2) THE SUM OF $25,000,000 IS APPROPRIATED TO THE
24 TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSFER TO THE TAX STABILIZATION
25 RESERVE FUND.
26 (3) THE SUM OF $25,000,000 IS APPROPRIATED TO THE
27 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION
28 ASSISTANCE FOR GRANTS TO LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS.
29 SECTION 8. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
30 (1) THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 404(D) SHALL TAKE EFFECT
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1 BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST COMPENSABLE WEEK THAT ENDS ON OR
2 AFTER JANUARY 1, 1989.
3 (2) SECTION 301.7(A) SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 1989.
4 (3) THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 301.2, 301.4, 301.5,
5 301.7(B), (C) AND (D), 301.8 AND 404(E) SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON
6 JANUARY 1, 1990.
7 (4) THE AMENDMENT ADDING SECTION 601.3 AND THE
8 APPROPRIATION IN SECTION 7 SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 1988.
9 (5) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
10 IMMEDIATELY.
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