Pennsylvania HB 1243: An Act amending the act of April 23, 2002 (P.L.298, No.39), known as the Main Street Act, further providing for the duration of grants.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1392
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1243
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, GIRAL, McANDREW, MADDEN, WAXMAN, OTTEN,
GUENST, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, SANCHEZ AND WARREN,
APRIL 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
unemployment compensation to be administered by the
Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
providing procedure and administrative details for the
determination, payment and collection of such contributions
and the payment of such compensation; providing for
cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," in preliminary
provisions, further providing for definitions; in
contributions by employers and employees, further providing
for trigger determination and for trigger rate
redeterminations; in compensation, further providing for
qualifications required to secure compensation, for
ineligibility for compensation and for rate and amount of
compensation; in determination of compensation, appeals,
reviews and procedure, further providing for determination of
compensation appeals; in Unemployment Compensation Amnesty
Program, further providing for definitions; and, in amnesty
program, further providing for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 4(g.1), 301.7(a), 301.8(b)(1), 401(e)
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(1), 402(a), 404(c), (d)(1) and (1.1) and (e)(2)(iv), (v) and
(vi) and 501(c)(1) of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess.,
1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation
Law, are amended to read:
Section 4. Definitions.--The following words and phrases, as
used in this act, shall have the following meanings, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise.
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[(g.1) "Credit week" means any calendar week in an
individual's base year with respect to which he was paid in
employment as defined in this act, remuneration of not less
than:
(1) One hundred dollars ($100). This paragraph shall expire
December 31, 2014.
(2) Sixteen (16) times the minimum hourly wage required by
the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as "The
Minimum Wage Act of 1968." This paragraph shall take effect
January 1, 2015.
Only one credit week can be established with respect to any one
calendar week.]
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Section 301.7. Trigger Determination.--(a) On July 1 of
every year, the secretary shall calculate the trigger percentage
to be used in setting surcharge and contribution rates for the
contributions required under sections 301.2, 301.4 and 301.5 and
in setting the benefit reduction required under section 404(e)
(4) for the following calendar year. The secretary shall[:
(1) add the principal amount of outstanding bonds under
Article XIV and the amount of outstanding advances under Title
XII of the Social Security Act (58 Stat. 790, 42 U.S.C. § 1321
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et seq.) and subtract that sum from the balance in the
Unemployment Compensation Fund;
(2) determine the average of the benefit costs for the three
immediately preceding fiscal years; and
(3) calculate the percentage that the amount determined
under paragraph (1) represents of the average of the benefit
costs.] determine the average high cost multiple for the
preceding calendar year in accordance with 20 CFR 606.3
(relating to definitions). The trigger percentage shall be the
percentage determined by the ratio of the average high cost
multiple over one.
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Section 301.8. Trigger Rate Redeterminations.--* * *
(b) (1) For calendar years 2013 through the year determined
under paragraph (4), if the trigger percentage as of July 1 of
the preceding calendar year is less than [two hundred fifty per
centum (250%)] one hundred per centum (100%), the rates
determined under paragraph (2) shall apply. For calendar years
following the year determined under paragraph (4), if the
trigger percentage as of July 1 of the preceding calendar year
is less than [two hundred fifty per centum (250%)] one hundred
per centum (100%), the rates determined under paragraph (3)
shall apply.
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Section 401. Qualifications Required to Secure
Compensation.--Compensation shall be payable to any employe who
is or becomes unemployed, and who--
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(e) (1) [Has been unemployed for a waiting period of one
week.] (Reserved).
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