Bill Text: IN HB1247 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Waiver of unemployment benefit overpayments.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions [HB1247 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1247-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1247
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 22-4-13-5.
Synopsis: Waiver of unemployment benefit overpayments. Waives
liability for repayment of unemployment benefits that were paid after
July 1, 2011, to an individual who was not entitled to receive the
benefits solely because of changes to the unemployment insurance law
made by HEA 1450-2011 (P.L.2-2011).
Effective: July 1, 2013.
Riecken, Clere, Bacon, Austin
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and
Pensions.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1247
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor
and safety.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 22-4-13-5; (13)IN1247.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 22-4-13-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2013]: Sec. 5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department
shall waive an individual's liability for repayment of benefits that
were paid to an individual not entitled to receive them if:
(1) the individual received the benefits after July 1, 2011;
(2) the individual received the benefits without fault of the individual; and
(3) the individual was not entitled to receive the benefits solely as the result of changes in the unemployment insurance law made by HEA 1450-2011 (P.L.2-2011).
(b) Benefits for which repayment is waived under subsection (a) shall be charged to the fund and not to:
(1) the experience account of any employer; or
(2) an employer making payments in lieu of contributions.
(1) the individual received the benefits after July 1, 2011;
(2) the individual received the benefits without fault of the individual; and
(3) the individual was not entitled to receive the benefits solely as the result of changes in the unemployment insurance law made by HEA 1450-2011 (P.L.2-2011).
(b) Benefits for which repayment is waived under subsection (a) shall be charged to the fund and not to:
(1) the experience account of any employer; or
(2) an employer making payments in lieu of contributions.
