Senate Bill S107

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the duration of rights of benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S107 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §590, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6992
2015-2016: S86

2013-S107 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the duration of rights of benefits.

2013-S107 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S107 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   107

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the duration of rights  of
  benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 590 of the labor law,  as  amended
by chapter 457 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
  4. Duration. Benefits shall [not be paid for more than one hundred and
four  effective  days in any benefit year, except as provided in section
six hundred one and subdivision two of section five hundred  ninety-nine
of this chapter.] BE LIMITED TO:
  (A)  SIXTY-FOUR  EFFECTIVE DAYS IN A BENEFIT YEAR IF THE AVERAGE UNEM-
PLOYMENT RATE OF THE CLAIMANT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE IS AT OR BELOW  FIVE
AND  FIVE-TENTHS  OF  A  PER  CENT  AT THE TIME OF THE FILING OF A VALID
ORIGINAL CLAIM.
  (B) AN ADDITIONAL FOUR EFFECTIVE DAYS IN ADDITION  TO  THE  SIXTY-FOUR
EFFECTIVE  DAYS  IN  A  BENEFIT YEAR FOR EACH THREE-TENTHS OF A PER CENT
INCREMENT IN THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF THE CLAIMANT'S  COUNTY  OF
RESIDENCE  ABOVE  FIVE  AND FIVE-TENTHS OF A PER CENT AT THE TIME OF THE
FILING OF A VALID ORIGINAL CLAIM.
  (C) UP TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED FOUR  DAYS  IN  ANY  BENEFIT  YEAR,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE AND SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE OF THIS TITLE.
  (D)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "AVERAGE UNEMPLOY-
MENT RATE OF THE CLAIMANT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE" MEANS:
  (I) FOR CLAIMANTS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  THE  AVERAGE
UNEMPLOYMENT  RATE  OF  THE  COUNTY IN WHICH THE CLAIMANT CLAIMS PRIMARY
RESIDENCE FOR THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTHS PRECEDING  THE  FILING  OF  A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01957-01-3
              

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