SF 74

as introduced - 91st Legislature, 2020 1st Special Session (2019 - 2020) Posted on 06/13/2020 02:29pm

A bill for an act
relating to unemployment insurance; repealing Social Security old age insurance
benefit deduction from unemployment insurance benefits requirement provision;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, subdivision 4.

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

Section 1. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, subdivision 4, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
is retroactive to March 1, 2020.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 20-8727

268.085 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

Subd. 4.

Social Security old age insurance benefits.

(a) If all of the applicant's wage credits were earned while the applicant was claiming Social Security old age benefits, there is no deduction of the Social Security benefits from the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount.

(b) Unless paragraph (a) applies, 50 percent of the weekly equivalent of the primary Social Security old age benefit the applicant has received, has filed for, or intends to file for, with respect to that week must be deducted from an applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount.

(c) Any applicant aged 62 or over is required to state when filing an application for unemployment benefits and when filing continued requests for unemployment benefits if the applicant is receiving, has filed for, or intends to file for, primary Social Security old age benefits.

(d) Information from the Social Security Administration is conclusive, absent specific evidence showing that the information was erroneous.

(e) This subdivision does not apply to Social Security survivor benefits.