Bill Text: MI HB6281 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Employment security: benefits; interest on delayed unemployment benefits; provide for. Amends 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.1 - 421.75) by adding sec. 32c.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-30 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/29/2020 [HB6281 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB6281-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6281
September 29, 2020, Introduced by Reps.
Alexander, Yaroch, Leutheuser, Kahle, Wozniak and Whitsett and referred to
the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1,
entitled
"Michigan employment security act,"
(MCL 421.1 to 421.75) by adding section 32c.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 32c. (1) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this act, the unemployment agency shall examine a claim for
benefits, make a determination on the facts, and begin paying benefits to the
claimant within 7 business days after it receives the claim. If the unemployment
agency does not begin paying benefits within the 7-day period, interest at the
rate calculated under section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23, begins accruing on
the total amount of benefits due the claimant and continues to accrue until the
date the unemployment agency makes the first benefit payment on the claim. The
interest accrued is due the claimant, is in addition to any benefits for which
the claimant is eligible under this act, and does not constitute a benefit
under this act. Interest payments made under this subsection must not be made
from the compensation fund or the contingent fund and do not affect an
employer's contribution rate.
(2)
The section is retroactive and applies to a claim for benefits submitted on or
after March 10, 2020.