PRINTER'S NO. 3973
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2622
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY CEPHAS, GALLOWAY, DeLUCA, McCLINTON, KINSEY,
KIRKLAND, BRIGGS, ROZZI, YOUNGBLOOD, HOHENSTEIN, KENYATTA,
DONATUCCI, GAINEY, SANCHEZ, FRANKEL, WEBSTER, PASHINSKI,
OTTEN AND GREEN, JUNE 23, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 23, 2020
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," in penalty provisions,
providing for temporary recovery and recoupment of
compensation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, is
amended by adding a section to read:
Section 804.1. Temporary Recovery and Recoupment of
Compensation.-- (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
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804, during the disaster emergency issued by the Governor on
March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and
any renewal of the state of disaster emergency, any person who
by reason of his fault has received any sum as compensation
under this act to which he was not entitled, shall be liable to
repay to the Unemployment Compensation Fund to the credit of the
Compensation Account a sum equal to fifty per centum (50%) of
the amount so received by him and interest at the rate
determined by the Secretary of Revenue as provided by section
806 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as "The
Fiscal Code," per month or fraction of a month from fifteen (15)
days after the Notice of Overpayment was issued until paid. Such
sum shall be collectible (1) in the manner provided in section
308.1 or section 309 of this act, for the collection of past due
contributions, or (2) by deduction from any future compensation
payable to the claimant under this act: Provided, That interest
assessed under this section cannot be recouped by deduction from
any future compensation payable to the claimant under this act:
Provided further, That no administrative or legal proceedings
for the collection of such sum shall be instituted after the
expiration of ten years following the end of the benefit year
with respect to which such sum was paid.
(b) This section shall expire December 31, 2020.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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