SB1660 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1660

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Randall "Randy" M. Hultgren - Dave Syverson - Dan Cronin - Matt Murphy - Kirk W. Dillard, et al.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 405/1505

from Ch. 48, par. 575

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the adjusted state experience factor shall be 100% for calendar years 2008 and 2009. Effective January 1, 2008.

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AN ACT concerning employment.

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 1505 as follows:

(820 ILCS 405/1505) (from Ch. 48, par. 575)

Sec. 1505. Adjustment of state experience factor. The state experience factor shall be adjusted in accordance with the following provisions:

A. This subsection shall apply to each calendar year prior to 1980 for which a state experience factor is being determined.

For every $7,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the amount standing to the credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust fund as of June 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the state experience factor is being determined falls below $450,000,000, the state experience factor for the succeeding calendar year shall be increased 1 percent absolute.

For every $7,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the amount standing to the credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust fund as of June 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the state experience factor is being determined exceeds $450,000,000, the state experience factor for the succeeding year shall be reduced 1 percent absolute.

B. This subsection shall apply to the calendar years 1980 through 1987, for which the state experience factor is being determined.

For every $12,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the amount standing to the credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust fund as of June 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the state experience factor is being determined falls below $750,000,000, the state experience factor for the succeeding calendar year shall be increased 1 percent absolute.

For every $12,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the amount standing to the credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust fund as of June 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the state experience factor is being determined exceeds $750,000,000, the state experience factor for the succeeding year shall be reduced 1 percent absolute.

C. This subsection shall apply to the calendar year 1988 and each calendar year thereafter, for which the state experience factor is being determined.

1. For every $50,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the adjusted trust fund balance falls below the target balance set forth in this subsection, the state experience factor for the succeeding year shall be increased one percent absolute.

For every $50,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the adjusted trust fund balance exceeds the target balance set forth in this subsection, the state experience factor for the succeeding year shall be decreased by one percent absolute.

The target balance in each calendar year prior to 2003 is $750,000,000. The target balance in calendar year 2003 is $920,000,000. The target balance in calendar year 2004 is $960,000,000. The target balance in calendar year 2005 and each calendar year thereafter is $1,000,000,000.

2. For the purposes of this subsection:

"Net trust fund balance" is the amount standing to the credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust fund as of June 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the year for which a state experience factor is being determined.

"Adjusted trust fund balance" is the net trust fund balance minus the sum of the benefit reserves for fund building for July 1, 1987 through June 30 of the year prior to the year for which the state experience factor is being determined. The adjusted trust fund balance shall not be less than zero. If the preceding calculation results in a number which is less than zero, the amount by which it is less than zero shall reduce the sum of the benefit reserves for fund building for subsequent years.

For the purpose of determining the state experience factor for 1989 and for each calendar year thereafter, the following "benefit reserves for fund building" shall apply for each state experience factor calculation in which that 12 month period is applicable:

a. For the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1988, the "benefit reserve for fund building" shall be 8/104th of the total benefits paid from January 1, 1988 through June 30, 1988.

b. For the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1989, the "benefit reserve for fund building" shall be the sum of:

i. 8/104ths of the total benefits paid from July 1, 1988 through December 31, 1988, plus

ii. 4/108ths of the total benefits paid from January 1, 1989 through June 30, 1989.

c. For the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1990, the "benefit reserve for fund building" shall be 4/108ths of the total benefits paid from July 1, 1989 through December 31, 1989.

d. For 1992 and for each calendar year thereafter, the "benefit reserve for fund building" for the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1991 and for each subsequent 12 month period shall be zero.

3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, for calendar years 1988 through 2003, the state experience factor shall not be increased or decreased by more than 15 percent absolute.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection C, the adjusted state experience factor:

1. Shall be 111 percent for calendar year 1988;

2. Shall not be less than 75 percent nor greater than 135 percent for calendar years 1989 through 2003; and shall not be less than 75% nor greater than 150% for calendar year 2004 and each calendar year thereafter;

3. Shall not be decreased by more than 5 percent absolute for any calendar year, beginning in calendar year 1989 and through calendar year 1992, by more than 6% absolute for calendar years 1993 through 1995, by more than 10% absolute for calendar years 1999 through 2003 and by more than 12% absolute for calendar years year 2004 through 2007 and calendar year 2010 and each calendar year thereafter, from the adjusted state experience factor of the calendar year preceding the calendar year for which the adjusted state experience factor is being determined;

4. Shall not be increased by more than 15% absolute for calendar year 1993, by more than 14% absolute for calendar years 1994 and 1995, by more than 10% absolute for calendar years 1999 through 2003 and by more than 16% absolute for calendar years year 2004 through 2007 and calendar year 2010 and each calendar year thereafter, from the adjusted state experience factor for the calendar year preceding the calendar year for which the adjusted state experience factor is being determined;

5. Shall be 100% for calendar years 1996, 1997, and 1998;

6. Shall be 100% for calendar years 2008 and 2009.

E. The amount standing to the credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust fund as of June 30 shall be deemed to include as part thereof (a) any amount receivable on that date from any Federal governmental agency, or as a payment in lieu of contributions under the provisions of Sections 1403 and 1405 B and paragraph 2 of Section 302C, in reimbursement of benefits paid to individuals, and (b) amounts credited by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to this State's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to Section 903 of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, including any such amounts which have been appropriated by the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of Section 2100 B for expenses of administration, except any amounts which have been obligated on or before that date pursuant to such appropriation.

(Source: P.A. 93-634, eff. 1-1-04.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2008.