STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1043	By:	Murphey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to labor; amending 40 O.S. 2001, Section 2-205A, as renumbered by Section 29, Chapter 176, O.S.L. 2006 (40 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 2-205.1), which relates to eligibility for unemployment; requiring certain amount of community service; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     40 O.S. 2001, Section 2-205A, as renumbered by Section 29, Chapter 176, O.S.L. 2006 (40 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 2-205.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-205.1  The unemployed individual must be able to perform work duties in keeping with his the individual's education, training and experience.  He The unemployed individual must also be available to seek and accept work at any time and may not be engaged in any activity that would normally restrict his seeking or accepting employment in keeping with his the individual's education, training and experience.  In addition, the unemployed individual shall perform at least twenty (20) hours of community service each month without compensation to be eligible for unemployment benefits.
The fact that an individual is enrolled in school shall not, in and of itself, render an individual ineligible for unemployment benefits.  Such individual who is involuntarily unemployed and otherwise eligible for benefits and who offers to quit school, adjust class hours or change shifts in order to secure employment shall be entitled to benefits.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-6289	LRB	12/28/10