SF 236

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to unemployment insurance; providing 
  1.3             additional benefits for certain individuals on layoff 
  1.4             from a certain employer; providing an exemption from 
  1.5             certain requirements. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [EXEMPTION FROM ADDITIONAL BENEFITS 
  1.8   REQUIREMENTS.] 
  1.9      Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.125, 
  1.10  subdivisions 1 and 3, clauses (1) and (5), an applicant is 
  1.11  eligible to receive additional benefits under Minnesota 
  1.12  Statutes, section 268.125, effective the week following the week 
  1.13  in which the applicant exhausted regular benefits if: 
  1.14     (1) the applicant was laid off due to lack of work from M. 
  1.15  E. International in St. Louis county on February 25, 2000; and 
  1.16     (2) the commissioner of economic security finds that the 
  1.17  applicant satisfies the conditions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.18  section 268.125, subdivision 3, clauses (2) to (4).  
  1.19     Sec. 2.  [RETIREMENT EXCEPTION.] 
  1.20     Section 1 does not apply to any applicant who, with respect 
  1.21  to any period prior to September 1, 2001, receives, or has an 
  1.22  agreement to receive, a retirement pension financed in whole or 
  1.23  in part by M. E. International. 
  1.24     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.1   enactment.