093_HB2363

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 237 as follows:

 6        (820 ILCS 405/237) (from Ch. 48, par. 347)
 7        Sec.  237.   (a)  "Base  period"  means  (1)   the   four
 8    consecutive calendar quarters ended on the preceding December
 9    31,  for  benefit  years beginning in May, June, or July; (2)
10    the four consecutive calendar quarters ended on the preceding
11    March 31, for benefit years beginning in  August,  September,
12    or  October; (3) the four consecutive calendar quarters ended
13    on the preceding June 30,  for  benefit  years  beginning  in
14    November,  December, or January; and (4) the four consecutive
15    calendar quarters ended on the preceding  September  30,  for
16    benefit  years  beginning  in February, March, or April. This
17    paragraph shall apply to benefit  years  beginning  prior  to
18    November 1, 1981. For each benefit year beginning on or after
19    November  1,  1981, "base period" means the first four of the
20    last five completed calendar quarters  immediately  preceding
21    the benefit year. Further, any wages that had previously been
22    used  to  establish  a valid claim under Section 242 and with
23    respect to  which  benefits  have  been  paid  shall  not  be
24    included in the base period provided for in this subsection.
25        (b)  Notwithstanding   subsection   (a)   the   foregoing
26    paragraph,  with  respect to any benefit year beginning on or
27    after January 1, 1988, an individual, who  has  been  awarded
28    temporary  total  disability  under any workers' compensation
29    act or any occupational diseases act and does not qualify for
30    the maximum weekly benefit amount  under Section 401  because
31    he  was  unemployed  and  awarded  temporary total disability
 
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 1    during  the  base  period  determined  in   accordance   with
 2    subsection (a) the preceding paragraph, shall have his weekly
 3    benefit  amount,  if  it  is  greater than the weekly benefit
 4    amount determined  in  accordance  with  subsection  (a)  the
 5    preceding  paragraph,  determined  by  the  base  period of a
 6    benefit year which began on the date of the beginning of  the
 7    first   week   for  which  he  was  awarded  temporary  total
 8    disability   under   any   workers'   compensation   act   or
 9    occupational diseases act, provided, however, that such  base
10    period  shall  not  begin  more  than  one  year prior to the
11    individual's base period as determined under  subsection  (a)
12    the  preceding  paragraph.   Further,  any  wages  which  had
13    previously  been  used to establish a valid claim pursuant to
14    Section 242 and with respect to which benefits have been paid
15    shall not be included in the base period provided for in this
16    subsection paragraph.
17        (c)  With respect to any benefit  year  beginning  on  or
18    after January 1, 2004, for an individual who is ineligible to
19    receive  benefits  under this Act by reason of the provisions
20    of paragraph  E  of  Section  500  during  the  base  periods
21    determined  in accordance with subsections (a) and (b), "base
22    period"  means  the  last  4  completed   calendar   quarters
23    immediately preceding the benefit year.
24        (d)  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions  of this
25    Section, "base period" means the base period  as  defined  in
26    the  unemployment  compensation  law of any State under which
27    benefits are payable to an  individual  on  the  basis  of  a
28    combination of his wages pursuant to an arrangement described
29    in Section 2700 F.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-956; 85-1009.)

31        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
32    becoming law.