Bill Text: IL HB5217 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, except for contrary provisions and required coverage under specified federal law, the term "employment" shall not include service performed by an individual during a calendar year in the employ of a farm when such individual performs his or her service on the premises of the farm, solely in connection with a seasonal festival, and does not perform the services on more than 45 days during the calendar year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5217 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5217-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5217 Introduced , by Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 405/214.1 new
820 ILCS 405/245 from Ch. 48, par. 370
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, except for contrary provisions and required coverage under specified federal law, the term "employment" shall not include service performed by an individual during a calendar year in the employ of a farm when such individual performs his or her service on the premises of the farm, solely in connection with a seasonal festival, and does not perform the services on more than 45 days during the calendar year.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
changing Section 245 and by adding Section 214.1 as follows:
(820 ILCS 405/214.1 new)
Sec. 214.1. Service performed by an individual on a farm as
part of a seasonal festival.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
contrary, the term "employment" shall not include service
performed by an individual during a calendar year in the employ
of a farm when such individual performs his or her service on
the premises of the farm, solely in connection with a seasonal
festival, and does not perform the services on more than 45
days during the calendar year.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any services that are
required to be covered as a condition of approval of this Act
by the United States Secretary of Labor under Section
3304(a)(6)(A) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
(820 ILCS 405/245) (from Ch. 48, par. 370)
Sec. 245. Coordination with Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the contrary,

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excepting the exemptions from the definition of employment
contained in Sections 212.1, 214.1, 217.1, 217.2, 226, and 231
and subsections B and C of Section 225:
A. The term "employer" includes any employing unit which is
an "employer" under the provisions of the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act, or which is required, pursuant to such Act, to be an
"employer" under this Act as a condition for the Federal
approval of this Act requisite to the full tax credit, against
the tax imposed by the Federal Act, for contributions paid by
employers pursuant to this Act.
B. The term "employment" includes any services performed
within the State which constitute "employment" under the
provisions of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, or which are
required, pursuant to such Act, to be "employment" under this
Act as a condition for the Federal approval of this Act
requisite to the full tax credit, against the tax imposed by
the Federal Act, for contributions paid by employers pursuant
to this Act.
C. The term "wages" includes any remuneration for services
performed within this State which is subject to the payment of
taxes under the provisions of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-252, eff. 8-8-95; 89-649, eff. 8-9-96.)