Bill
Number: S.B. 1694
Fann
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Specifies applicability
is for employers and individuals affected by a federal declaration of emergency
related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
2. Excludes increased
benefits charged against an employer resulting from the alternative benefit eligibility
criteria from consideration in fixing employer contribution rates to the
Unemployment Compensation Fund.
3. Authorizes the
Department of Economic Security to adjust eligibility requirements for
specified participants of the shared work plan during a federal declaration of
emergency related to COVID-19.
4. Includes language
asserting the Legislature’s intent that the state ease eligibility requirements
and augment access to the unemployment compensation system during the
declaration of emergency for COVID-19.
Fifty-fourth Legislature Fann
Second
Regular Session S.B. 1694
FANN FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1694
(Reference to printed bill)
Page
1, line 9, strike "the"
Line
10, strike "through" insert ", including the"
Line
12, after "a" insert "federal"
Line
13, after the period insert "In fixing employer contribution rates for the
unemployment compensation fund established by section 23-701, Arizona Revised
Statutes, the department may not consider increased
benefits charged
against an employer's account that resulted from alternative benefit eligibility
for individuals affected by coronavirus disease 2019."
Between lines 14 and 15, insert:
"B. For employers
and employees who opt to participate in the shared work plan established
pursuant to title 23, chapter 4, article 5.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, the
department of economic security may adjust eligibility requirements during the
federal emergency declaration period related to coronavirus disease 2019,
except that the department may not approve shared work benefits for an
individual who has the individual's normal weekly hours reduced by more than
eighty percent."
Reletter to conform
Page 1, line 17, after
"the" insert "federal"
Line 19, after "the"
insert "federal"; after "and" strike remainder of line
Line
20, strike "issued on March 11, 2020 and federal"
Line
25, after the period insert "For affected individuals and businesses
during the federal declaration of emergency, the legislature further intends
that this state ease eligibility requirements and strengthen access to the
unemployment insurance program, including waiving work search requirements and
the waiting week and not charging employers that are directly impacted by
coronavirus disease 2019 due to an illness in the workplace or direction from a
public health official to isolate or quarantine workers."
Amend title to conform