Bill Text: IL HB2772 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that none of the amount received by an individual as primary social security old age and disability retirement benefits shall constitute disqualifying income.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2772 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2772-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2772
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2772 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing
Section 611 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 405/611) (from Ch. 48, par. 441)
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7 | Sec. 611. Retirement pay. | ||||||
8 | A. For the purposes of this Section
"disqualifying income" | ||||||
9 | means:
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10 | 1. The entire amount which an individual has received | ||||||
11 | or will
receive with respect to a week in the form of a | ||||||
12 | retirement payment (a)
from an individual or organization | ||||||
13 | (i) for which he
performed services during his base period | ||||||
14 | or which is liable for benefit
charges or payments in lieu | ||||||
15 | of contributions as a result of the payment of
benefits to | ||||||
16 | such individual and (ii) which pays
all of the cost of such |
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1 | retirement payment, or (b) from a trust, annuity
or | ||||||
2 | insurance fund or under an annuity or insurance contract, | ||||||
3 | to or under
which an individual or organization for which | ||||||
4 | he
performed services during his base period or which is | ||||||
5 | liable for benefit
charges or payments in lieu of | ||||||
6 | contributions as a result of the payment of
benefits to | ||||||
7 | such individual pays or has paid
all of the premiums or | ||||||
8 | contributions; and
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9 | 2. One-half the amount which an individual has received | ||||||
10 | or will
receive with respect to a week in the form of a | ||||||
11 | retirement payment (a)
from an individual or organization | ||||||
12 | (i) for which he
performed services during his base period | ||||||
13 | or which is liable for benefit
charges or payments in lieu | ||||||
14 | of contributions as a result of the payment of
benefits to | ||||||
15 | such individual and (ii) which pays
some, but not all, of | ||||||
16 | the cost of such retirement payment, or (b) from a
trust, | ||||||
17 | annuity or insurance fund (including , except as provided in | ||||||
18 | paragraph 2.1, primary social security old
age and | ||||||
19 | disability retirement benefits, including those based on
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20 | self-employment) or under an annuity or insurance
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21 | contract, to or under which an individual or organization | ||||||
22 | for which he
performed
services during his base period or | ||||||
23 | which is liable for benefit charges or
payments in lieu of | ||||||
24 | contributions as a result of the payment of benefits to
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25 | such individual pays or has paid some, but not all, of the | ||||||
26 | premiums or
contributions.
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1 | 2.1. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2 above, none of | ||||||
2 | the amount that a volunteer firefighter or volunteer | ||||||
3 | ambulance worker
has received or will receive with respect | ||||||
4 | to a week in the form of primary
social security old age | ||||||
5 | and disability retirement benefits, including those
based | ||||||
6 | on self-employment, shall constitute disqualifying income.
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7 | 3. Notwithstanding paragraphs
paragraph 1 , 2 and 2.1
2
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8 | above, the
entire amount which an individual has received | ||||||
9 | or will
receive, with respect to any week which begins | ||||||
10 | after March 31, 1980, of
any governmental or other pension, | ||||||
11 | retirement, or retired pay, annuity
or any other similar | ||||||
12 | periodic payment which is based on any previous work
of | ||||||
13 | such individual during his base period or which is liable | ||||||
14 | for benefit
charges or payments in lieu of contributions as | ||||||
15 | a result of the payment of
benefits to such individual. | ||||||
16 | This paragraph shall be in effect only if it is
required as | ||||||
17 | a condition for full tax credit against the tax imposed by
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18 | the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
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19 | B. Whenever an individual has received or will receive a | ||||||
20 | retirement
payment for a month, an amount shall be deemed to | ||||||
21 | have been paid him for
each day equal to one-thirtieth of such | ||||||
22 | retirement payment. If the
retirement payment is for a | ||||||
23 | half-month, an amount shall be deemed to
have been paid the | ||||||
24 | individual for each day equal to one-fifteenth of
such | ||||||
25 | retirement payment. If the retirement payment is for any other
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26 | period, an amount shall be deemed to have been paid the |
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1 | individual for
each day in such period equal to the retirement | ||||||
2 | payment divided by the
number of days in the period.
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3 | C. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any | ||||||
4 | week with
respect to which his disqualifying income equals or | ||||||
5 | exceeds his weekly
benefit amount. If such disqualifying income | ||||||
6 | with respect to a week
totals less than the benefits for which | ||||||
7 | he would otherwise be eligible
under this Act, he shall be | ||||||
8 | paid, with respect to such week, benefits
reduced by the amount | ||||||
9 | of such disqualifying income.
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10 | D. To assure full tax credit to the employers of this State | ||||||
11 | against
the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, | ||||||
12 | the Director shall
take any action as may be necessary in the | ||||||
13 | administration of paragraph 3
of subsection A of this Section | ||||||
14 | to insure that
the application of its provisions
conform to the | ||||||
15 | requirements of such Federal Act as interpreted by the United
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16 | States Secretary of Labor or other appropriate Federal agency.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 86-3.)".
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