Bill Text: IA HF170 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a one-week waiting period prior to the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See Cmte. Bill HF 610)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF170 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF170-Introduced.html
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BY
JORGENSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
one-week
waiting
period
prior
to
the
1
receipt
of
unemployment
compensation
benefits
and
including
2
effective
date
and
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
96.4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
a.
The
individual
has
satisfied
a
3
one-week
waiting
period
during
the
individual’s
benefit
year.
4
To
satisfy
the
waiting
period,
the
individual,
with
respect
to
5
the
week
in
question:
6
(1)
Must
be
unemployed.
7
(2)
Must
have
filed
a
claim
for
benefits
in
accordance
with
8
the
provisions
of
section
96.6,
subsection
1.
9
(3)
Must
be
eligible
for
benefits
from
this
state.
However,
10
during
the
one-week
waiting
period,
the
individual
must
not
11
have
received
benefits
from
this
state
or
any
other
state,
and
12
must
not
be
eligible
for
benefits
from
any
other
state.
13
b.
If
the
individual
has
satisfied
the
one-week
waiting
14
period
and
the
department
finds
the
individual
is
eligible
15
for
benefits
for
the
week
subsequent
to
the
one-week
waiting
16
period,
the
individual
shall
then
be
paid
benefits
for
the
17
one-week
waiting
period
provided
the
individual
meets
all
other
18
eligibility
requirements
of
this
section.
19
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
3,
2011.
20
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
unemployment
21
compensation
benefit
claims
with
an
effective
date
on
or
after
22
July
3,
2011.
23
EXPLANATION
24
This
bill
requires
an
individual
to
satisfy
a
one-week
25
waiting
period
during
the
individual’s
benefit
year
in
order
26
to
receive
unemployment
compensation
benefits.
The
bill
27
requires
that,
regarding
the
week
in
question,
the
individual
28
must
be
unemployed,
must
have
filed
a
claim
for
benefits
in
29
accordance
with
Code
section
96.6(1),
and
must
be
eligible
30
for
benefits
in
the
state
of
Iowa.
The
bill
requires
that
31
the
individual,
regarding
the
week
in
question,
must
not
have
32
received
unemployment
compensation
benefits
from
the
state
of
33
Iowa
or
any
other
state,
and
must
not
have
been
eligible
to
34
receive
benefits
from
any
other
state.
The
bill
also
provides
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that
the
individual
will
be
eligible
to
receive
benefits
for
1
the
one-week
waiting
period,
provided
that
the
department
of
2
workforce
development
finds,
for
the
week
immediately
following
3
the
one-week
waiting
period,
that
the
individual
satisfied
all
4
other
requirements
of
Code
section
96.4.
5
The
bill
is
effective
July
3,
2011,
and
applies
to
6
unemployment
compensation
benefit
claims
effective
on
or
after
7
July
3,
2011.
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