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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, FONTANA, M. WHITE, COSTA, BREWSTER, WASHINGTON AND STACK, OCTOBER 24, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 24, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 |
2 | P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of |
3 | unemployment compensation to be administered by the |
4 | Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly |
5 | created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions) |
6 | selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to |
7 | keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay |
8 | contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the |
9 | payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons; |
10 | providing procedure and administrative details for the |
11 | determination, payment and collection of such contributions |
12 | and the payment of such compensation; providing for |
13 | cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies; |
14 | creating certain special funds in the custody of the State |
15 | Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," further providing for |
16 | definitions. |
17 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
18 | hereby enacts as follows: |
19 | Section 1. Section 4(l)(4)(17) of the act of December 5, |
20 | 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the |
21 | Unemployment Compensation Law, is amended to read: |
22 | Section 4. Definitions.--The following words and phrases, as |
23 | used in this act, shall have the following meanings, unless the |
24 | context clearly requires otherwise. |
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1 | (l) * * * |
2 | (4) The word "employment" shall not include-- |
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4 | (17) Service performed by an individual for an employer as |
5 | an insurance agent or real estate salesman or as an insurance |
6 | solicitor or as a real estate broker or as a licensed public |
7 | adjuster or public adjuster solicitor or as a solicitor of |
8 | applications for, or salesman of, shares of or certificates |
9 | issued by an investment company, or as an agent of an investment |
10 | company, if all such service performed by such individual for |
11 | such employer is performed for remuneration solely by way of |
12 | commission, or services performed by an individual as an |
13 | unsalaried correspondent for a newspaper, who receives no |
14 | compensation, or compensation only for copy accepted for |
15 | publication. |
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17 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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