HF 2320

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/11/2015 04:55pm

A bill for an act
relating to unemployment insurance; providing additional unemployment
benefits for certain poultry workers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin POULTRY WORKER EXTRA UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Extra benefits; availability. new text end

new text begin Extra unemployment benefits are
available to an applicant if the applicant was laid off by (1) a commercial poultry producer
as a result of the confirmed presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the commercial
poultry producer's flock, or (2) a commercial poultry processor as a result of the confirmed
presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the flock of its poultry supplier.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Payment from fund. new text end

new text begin Extra unemployment benefits are payable from
the unemployment insurance trust fund.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Eligibility conditions. new text end

new text begin An applicant is eligible to receive extra
unemployment benefits under this section for any week through December 31, 2016,
following the effective date of the applicant's benefit account of regular unemployment
benefits, as a result of a layoff described under subdivision 1, if:
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new text begin (1) a majority of the applicant's wage credits were with a commercial poultry
producer described in subdivision 1;
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new text begin (2) the applicant meets the eligibility requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
268.085;
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new text begin (3) the applicant is not subject to a disqualification under Minnesota Statutes, section
268.095; and
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new text begin (4) the applicant is not entitled to regular unemployment benefits and the applicant
is not entitled to receive unemployment benefits under any other state or federal law
for that week.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Weekly amount of extra benefits. new text end

new text begin The weekly extra unemployment
benefits amount available to an applicant is the same as the applicant's weekly regular
unemployment benefit amount on the benefit account established as a result of a layoff
under subdivision 1.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Maximum amount of extra unemployment benefits. new text end

new text begin (a) The maximum
amount of extra unemployment benefits available is equal to 13 weeks at the applicant's
weekly extra unemployment benefits amount.
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new text begin (b) If an applicant qualifies for a new regular benefit account under Minnesota
Statutes, section 268.07, at any time after exhausting regular unemployment benefits
as a result of the layoff under subdivision 1, the applicant must apply for and exhaust
entitlement to those new regular unemployment benefits.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Program expiration. new text end

new text begin This extra unemployment benefit program expires
on December 31, 2016. No extra unemployment benefits may be paid for any week after
the expiration of this program.
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