1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment insurance; providing for special unemployment benefit 
1.3 	assistance.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT ASSISTANCE.
 1.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 268.085, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), 
1.7 	and 268.035, subdivision 29, paragraph (a), clause (13), applicants laid off due to lack of 
1.8 	work from a facility engaged directly in the extraction or processing of iron ore in Itasca 
1.9 	County, St. Louis County, or Lake County between March 1, 2015, and December 31, 
1.10 	2015, must not be ineligible for unemployment benefits because of:
1.11 	(1) the receipt of vacation pay from the employer engaged in the extraction or 
1.12 	processing of iron ore; or
1.13 	(2) the receipt of supplemental unemployment benefits from the employer engaged 
1.14 	in the extraction or processing of iron ore.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.16 	and is retroactive to March 1, 2015. This section expires December 31, 2016.