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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5851

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Warnke, Smitherman, Bender and Vognild

Read first time 2/16/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to extension of unemployment benefits; amending RCW 50.22.112; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 11, chapter 5, Laws of 1985 ex. sess. and RCW 50.22.112 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) An additional benefit period is established beginning on the first Sunday after ((June 14, 1985)) the effective date of this 1987 section.  No new claims for additional benefits will be accepted for weeks beginning after December 31, ((1985)) 1987.  This additional benefit period shall  end with the start of an extended benefit period or with the start of any totally federally funded benefit program for exhaustees.

          (2) The weekly benefit amount shall be calculated as specified in RCW 50.22.040.

          (3) The total additional benefit amount shall be the lesser of ((one-fourth)) one-half of regular benefits or ((six)) thirteen times the individual's weekly benefit amount.

          (4) Additional benefits shall not be payable for weeks more than one year beyond the end of the benefit year of the regular claim.

          (5) ((The maximum amount of additional benefits for an individual shall be reduced, but not below zero, by any federal supplemental compensation paid based on the individual's most recent benefit year.

          (6))) Benefits paid under this section shall be paid under the same terms and conditions as extended benefits and shall not be charged to the experience rating account of individual employers.

          (((7))) (6) This section shall expire on December 31, ((1986)) 1988.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.