as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/11/2022 09:23am
A bill for an act
relating to unemployment insurance; replenishing the unemployment trust fund;
freezing the base tax rate for employers; eliminating the additional assessment for
calendar years 2022 and 2023; authorizing redetermination of the special assessment
rate; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.051,
subdivision 2, in calendar years 2022 and 2023, the base tax rate under Minnesota Statutes,
section 268.051, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), is one-tenth of one percent.
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.051,
subdivision 2, in calendar years 2022 and 2023, the additional assessment under Minnesota
Statutes, section 268.051, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is zero percent.
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.051,
subdivision 8, the commissioner of employment and economic development, in consultation
with the commissioner of management and budget, may redetermine the special assessment
rate in calendar year 2022 so long as the redetermination occurs before April 1, 2022.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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$2,730,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of employment and economic development for transfer to Minnesota's account
in the Unemployment Trust Fund in the United States Treasury, for the purpose of
replenishing the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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