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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5755 Introduced , by Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the additional penalty for fraudulently obtaining benefits is 125% (instead of 15%) of the amount fraudulently obtained. Provides that the amounts collected shall be paid into the State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (instead of shall be treated in the same manner as benefits recovered from an individual). Effective immediately.
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| | HB5755 | | LRB100 16323 KTG 31449 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 901.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 405/901.1) |
| 7 | | Sec. 901.1. Additional penalty. In addition to the |
| 8 | | penalties imposed under Section 901, an individual who, for the |
| 9 | | purposes of obtaining benefits, knowingly makes a false |
| 10 | | statement or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, and |
| 11 | | thereby obtains any sum as benefits for which he or she is not |
| 12 | | eligible, shall be required to pay a penalty in an amount equal |
| 13 | | to 125% 15% of such sum. All of the provisions of Section 900 |
| 14 | | applicable to the recovery of sums described in paragraph 1 of |
| 15 | | subsection A of Section 900 shall apply to penalties imposed |
| 16 | | pursuant to this Section. All penalties collected under this |
| 17 | | Section shall be paid into the State's account in the |
| 18 | | Unemployment Trust Fund treated in the same manner as benefits |
| 19 | | recovered from such individual.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 97-791, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law.
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