1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment insurance; modifying certain second benefit account 
1.3 	benefits.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NEW BENEFIT ACCOUNTS.
 1.6 	If an applicant establishes a new benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.7 	268.07, subdivision 3, within 39 weeks of the expiration of the benefit year on a prior 
1.8 	benefit account, notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07, subdivision 2, 
1.9 	paragraph (b), the weekly benefit amount on the new benefit account will not be less than 
1.10 	80 percent of the weekly benefit amount on the prior benefit account.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section applies to benefit accounts effective on or after 
1.12 	the first Sunday following enactment and expires June 30, 2011.