Public Act 094-0233
 
SB1771 Enrolled LRB094 03704 WGH 33709 b

    AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
changing Section 1403 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 405/1403)  (from Ch. 48, par. 553)
    Sec. 1403. Financing benefits paid to state employees.
Benefits paid to individuals with respect to whom on the basis
of wages paid to them for insured work in the employ of this
State or any of its wholly owned instrumentalities is the last
employer as provided in Section 1502.1 shall be financed by
appropriations to the Department of Employment Security. There
is hereby established a special fund to be known as the State
Employees' Unemployment Benefit Fund. Such Fund shall consist
of and there shall be deposited in such Fund all moneys
appropriated to the Department of Employment Security pursuant
to this Section, all interest earned upon such moneys, any
property or securities acquired through the use thereof, all
earnings of such property or securities, and all other moneys
for the Fund received from any other source. The Fund shall be
held by the State Treasurer, as ex-officio custodian thereof,
separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this
State, but the moneys in the Fund shall be deposited as
required by law and maintained in a separate account on the
books of a savings and loan association or bank. The Fund shall
be administered by the Director exclusively for the purposes of
this Section. No moneys in the Fund shall be paid or expended
except upon the direction of the Director exclusively for the
purposes of this Section.
    The State Treasurer shall be liable on his general official
bond for the faithful performance of his duties with regard to
as custodian of such moneys as may come into his hands by
virtue of this Section. Such liability on his official bond
shall exist in addition to the liability upon any separate bond
given by him. All sums recovered for losses sustained by the
clearing account Fund herein described shall be deposited
therein.
    In lieu of contributions required of other employers under
this Act, the State Treasurer, upon the direction of the
Director, shall transfer to and deposit in the clearing account
established by Section 2100, an amount equivalent to the amount
of regular benefits and one-half the amount of extended
benefits (defined in Section 409) paid for weeks which begin
before January 1, 1979, and to the amount of all benefits paid
for weeks which begin on and after January 1, 1979, to
individuals who, during there respective base periods, were
paid wages for insured work by the State or any of its wholly
owned instrumentalities. If an individual was paid such wages
during his base period both by the State or any of such
instrumentalities and by one or more other employers, the
amount to be so transferred by the State Treasurer with respect
to such individual shall be a sum which bears the same ratio to
the total benefits paid to the individual as the wages for
insured work paid to the individual during his base period by
the State and any such instrumentalities bear to the total
wages for insured work paid to the individual during the base
period by all of the employers. Notwithstanding the previous
provisions of this Section with respect to benefit years
beginning prior to July 1, 1989, any adjustment after September
30, 1989 to the base period wages paid to the individual by any
employer shall not affect the ratio for determining the amount
to be transferred to the clearing account by the State
Treasurer. Provided, however, that with respect to benefit
years beginning on or after July 1, 1989, the State Treasurer
shall transfer to and deposit in the clearing account an amount
equal to 100% of regular benefits, including dependents'
allowances, and 100% of extended benefits, including
dependents' allowances paid to an individual, but only if the
State: (a) is the last employer as provided in Section 1502.1
and (b) paid, to the individual receiving benefits, wages for
insured work during his base period. If the State meets the
requirements of (a) but not (b), with respect to benefit years
beginning on or after July 1, 1989, it shall be required to
make payments in an amount equal to 50% of regular benefits,
including dependents' allowances, and 50% of extended
benefits, including dependents' allowances, paid to an
individual.
    On and after July 1, 2005, transfers to the clearing
account pursuant to this Section shall be made directly from
such funds and accounts as the appropriations to the Department
authorize, as designated by the Director. On July 1, 2005, or
as soon thereafter as may be reasonably practicable, all
remaining funds in the State Employees' Unemployment Benefit
Fund shall be transferred to the clearing account, and, upon
the transfer of those funds, the State Employees' Unemployment
Benefit Fund is abolished.
    The Director shall ascertain the amount to be so
transferred and deposited by the State Treasurer as soon as
practicable after the end of each calendar quarter. The
provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Section 1404B shall be
applicable to a determination of the amount to be so
transferred and deposited. Such deposit shall be made by the
State Treasurer at such times and in such manner as the
Director may determine and direct.
    Every department, institution, agency and instrumentality
of the State of Illinois shall make available to the Director
such information with respect to any individual who has
performed insured work for it as the Director may find
practicable and necessary for the determination of such
individual's rights under this Act. Each such department,
institution, agency and instrumentality shall file such
reports with the Director as he may by regulation prescribe.
(Source: P.A. 86-3.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2005.