MS SB2722 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Failed on March 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Failed on March 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Sections 71-5-5, 71-5-7, 71-5-11, 71-5-19, 71-5-351, 71-5-353, 71-5-355, 71-5-367, 71-5-389, 71-5-453, 71-5-455, 71-5-505 And 71-5-511, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Place Administrative Control Over The Unemployment Trust Fund And The Unemployment Compensation Fund Exclusively In The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security (mdes); To Revise Certain Terms In The Mississippi Employment Security Law; To Give The Mdes The Authority To Administratively Issue Garnishments To Collect Delinquent Employer Taxes And Recover Unemployment Benefit Overpayments; To Authorize The Executive Director Of The Mdes To Grant Extensions Of Time To File Certain Reports Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide Additional Funds For The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund For One Calendar Year; To Provide That An Employer Shall Be Charged Against His Experience Rating If The Employer Fails To Respond Adequately Or Timely To A Request Of The Mdes For Information Relating To An Unemployment Claim That Was Subsequently Determined Improperly Paid And The Employer Has Failed To Respond Timely Or Adequately To Such Requests; To Expand The Definition Of The Term "debtor" And "refund" Under The Provisions That Allow Mdes To Collect Debts Through Setoffs Against A Taxpayer's Income Tax Refund; To Revise The Manner In Which Notice Is Given To A Taxpayer Of A Hearing To Protest A Setoff Against The Taxpayer' State Income Tax Refund For Debts The Taxpayer Owes Mdes; To Provide That The One Week Waiting Period For Unemployment Benefits May Be Waived Only Upon A Presidential Disaster Declaration Authorizing Assistance To Individuals And Only In Areas Identified In The Disaster Declaration For Individual Assistance; To Require That An Unemployed Individual Must Be Actively Seeking Work To Be Eligible To Receive Benefits; To Amend Sections 71-5-13, 71-5-357, 71-5-361 And 71-5-501, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Unemployment compensation; place funds under exclusive administrative control of MDES and provide additional funds for WET fund.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2013-02-07 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-05 | House | Died In Committee |
| 2013-02-21 | House | Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations |
| 2013-02-11 | Senate | Transmitted To House |
| 2013-02-07 | Senate | Passed As Amended |
| 2013-02-07 | Senate | Amended |
| 2013-02-07 | Senate | Committee Substitute Adopted |
| 2013-02-05 | Senate | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| 2013-01-21 | Senate | Referred To Finance |
