Minnesota Session Laws - 1998, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 358-S.F.No. 3084 
                  An act relating to reemployment insurance; providing 
                  additional benefits for certain individuals on layoff 
                  from a certain employer; providing an exemption from 
                  certain requirements. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [EXEMPTION FROM ADDITIONAL BENEFITS 
        REQUIREMENTS.] 
           Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.125, 
        subdivisions 1, and 3, clauses (1) and (6), a claimant is 
        eligible to receive additional benefits under Minnesota 
        Statutes, section 268.125, if: 
           (1) the claimant was laid off due to lack of work from the 
        Hibbing Taconite Company in St. Louis county between the months 
        of July and September of 1997; and 
           (2) the commissioner of economic security finds that the 
        claimant satisfies the conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
        268.125, subdivision 3, clauses (2) to (5).  
           Sec. 2.  [RETIREMENT EXCEPTION.] 
           Section 1 shall not apply to any claimant who, with respect 
        to any period prior to September 1, 1998, receives, or has an 
        agreement to receive, a retirement pension financed in whole or 
        in part by the Hibbing Taconite Company. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 2, 1998 
           Became law without the governor's signature April 6, 1998