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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1310 | ||||||||
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE B. BOYLE | ||||||||
Printer's No. 1849 | ||||||||
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1 | Amend Bill, page 1, line 16, by inserting after "rate," | |||||||
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10 | Amend Bill, page 6, by inserting between lines 28 and 29 | |||||||
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14 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, each employe | |||||||
15 | shall contribute at a rate of four-hundredths of one per centum | |||||||
16 | (0.04%) to the Unemployment Compensation Fund [at a rate of zero | |||||||
17 | per centum (0.0%) for calendar year 1989 and at a rate as set | |||||||
18 | forth in section 301.7 for each calendar year thereafter] and at | |||||||
19 | a rate of four-hundredths of one per centum (0.04%) to the Job | |||||||
20 | Training Fund of all wages paid for "employment" as defined by | |||||||
21 | the act without regard to the limitation specified in section | |||||||
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24 | for withholding and shall withhold, in trust, such contributions | |||||||
25 | from the wages of his employes at the time such wages are paid, | |||||||
26 | and shall report and transmit such deductions to the department | |||||||
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31 | Amend Bill, page 9, line 4, by striking out "Section 301.7" | |||||||
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2 | Amend Bill, page 9, line 5, by striking out "is" and | |||||||
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5 | Amend Bill, page 9, line 9, by inserting a bracket before the | |||||||
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9 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 6, by inserting a bracket before | |||||||
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13 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 9, by inserting a bracket before | |||||||
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15 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 10, by inserting after "the" where | |||||||
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18 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 11, by inserting a bracket before | |||||||
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20 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 13, by inserting a bracket after | |||||||
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22 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 15, by inserting a bracket before | |||||||
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24 | Amend Bill, page 10, line 16, by inserting after "the" where | |||||||
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7 | Amend Bill, page 11, line 3, by inserting a bracket before | |||||||
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11 | Amend Bill, page 11, line 10, by inserting after "(8%);" | |||||||
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13 | Amend Bill, page 11, line 13, by inserting a bracket before | |||||||
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15 | Amend Bill, page 11, line 15, by inserting a bracket after | |||||||
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17 | Amend Bill, page 11, by inserting between lines 23 and 24 | |||||||
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22 | negative surcharge assessed under section 301.5 shall result in | |||||||
23 | an employer contribution reduction of eighteen million dollars | |||||||
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25 | (2) At least one hundred ten per centum (110%) but less than | |||||||
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27 | assessed under section 301.5 shall yield fifty million dollars | |||||||
28 | ($50,000,000)[, and the employe tax under section 301.4 shall | |||||||
29 | yield thirty-three million three hundred thirty-three thousand | |||||||
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34 | ($100,000,000)[, and the employe tax under section 301.4 shall | |||||||
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5 | ($100,000,000), the additional contributions under section 301.2 | |||||||
6 | shall yield seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000)[, and the | |||||||
7 | employe tax under section 301.4 shall yield one hundred sixteen | |||||||
8 | million six hundred sixty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six | |||||||
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12 | 301.5 shall yield one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), | |||||||
13 | the additional contribution under section 301.2 shall yield one | |||||||
14 | hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000)[, and the employe | |||||||
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16 | million six hundred sixty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six | |||||||
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18 | (6) Less than fifty per centum (50%), the surcharge assessed | |||||||
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20 | ($100,000,000), the additional contribution under section 301.2 | |||||||
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22 | ($225,000,000)[, the employe tax under section 301.4 shall yield | |||||||
23 | one hundred sixty-six million six hundred sixty-six thousand six | |||||||
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25 | reduction under section 404(e)(4) shall yield fifty-two million | |||||||
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31 | 301.5 is not a multiple of one-tenth of one per centum (0.1%), | |||||||
32 | it shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of one-tenth of | |||||||
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35 | not a multiple of one-hundredth of one per centum (0.01%), it | |||||||
36 | shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of one-hundredth of | |||||||
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39 | section 301.2 is not a multiple of five-hundredths of one per | |||||||
40 | centum (0.05%), it shall be rounded to the next higher multiple | |||||||
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44 | (0.1%), it shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of one- | |||||||
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1 | created a special fund to be known as the Job Training Fund. | |||||||
2 | Deposits in the fund shall include contributions by employes | |||||||
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7 | the moneys in this fund are hereby appropriated, upon approval | |||||||
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10 | appropriate to the Department of Labor and Industry from this | |||||||
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15 | development training program, including equipment and supplies. | |||||||
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20 | this act that are transferred from the Special Administration | |||||||
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23 | amount appropriated annually under subsection (b) shall be for | |||||||
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25 | section 601.5 of this act, including the costs of administering | |||||||
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28 | amount appropriated annually under subsection (b)shall be for | |||||||
29 | the purpose of funding industry partnerships under Chapter 13 of | |||||||
30 | the act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114), known as the | |||||||
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33 | training grants under section 601.5 and the Industry Partnership | |||||||
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39 | applications for funding under paragraph (1) and to the extent | |||||||
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42 | entities for job training programs under subsection (b)(1) and | |||||||
43 | (2) as determined under subsection (e) based on a competitive | |||||||
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46 | preferential consideration shall be given to those counties with | |||||||
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48 | determined by review of all applications submitted by eligible | |||||||
49 | entities within the time period authorized by the department. | |||||||
50 | (e) Funding shall be made available under subsections (b)(1) | |||||||
51 | and (2) only for those entities identified in this section which | |||||||
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1 | provide work force education programs and services. Eligible | |||||||
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15 | Higher Education under Article XX-A of the act of March 10, 1949 | |||||||
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19 | [(f) The moneys in this fund shall be continuously available | |||||||
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21 | section and shall not lapse at any time nor be transferred to | |||||||
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24 | institutions" shall include The Pennsylvania State University, | |||||||
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28 | Section 4.2. The act is amended by adding a section to read: | |||||||
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30 | Subject to available funds, the department shall provide grants | |||||||
31 | to reimburse eligible employers for a portion of the cost of | |||||||
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34 | (b) Grants provided under this section shall be in an amount | |||||||
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36 | employe for up to eight weeks of employment, up to a maximum | |||||||
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39 | section, an employer shall continuously employ the newly hired | |||||||
40 | employe for a period of not less than six months at an hourly | |||||||
41 | rate of not less than twelve dollars ($12) per hour for not less | |||||||
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49 | (2) has not been employed by the employer requesting a grant | |||||||
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2 | per week at an hourly rate of twelve dollars ($12) per hour or | |||||||
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5 | (e) The department shall allocate available funds under this | |||||||
6 | section to the local work force investment boards which shall be | |||||||
7 | responsible for initially determining which employers in each | |||||||
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12 | Amend Bill, page 19, line 27, by striking out "4.1" and | |||||||
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