[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4852

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 19, 2020

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  VINCENT MAZZEO

District 2 (Atlantic)

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

Senator  NELLIE POU

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Benson, McClellan, Simonsen, Verrelli, Armato, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson, Speight, Assemblyman McKeon, Assemblywomen Jasey, Vainieri Huttle and Senator Turner

SYNOPSIS

     Concerns eligibility for extended unemployment benefits.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on November 12, 2020, with amendments.

An Act concerning extended unemployment benefits and amending P.L.1970, c.324.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    Section 7 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.13) is amended to read as follows:

     7.    An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in [his] the individual’s eligibility period only if the division finds, that with respect to that week, the individual:

     a.     [he] is an "exhaustee" as defined in paragraph j. of section 5 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11); and

     b.    [he] has satisfied the requirements of this act for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits; and

     c.     [he,] for any initial claim for extended benefits effective after September 25, 1982 and before ¹[November 8, 2020] June 28, 2020¹, has established entitlement for [his] the individual’s applicable benefit year based on the alternative earnings requirement specified in subsection (e) of R.S. 43:21-4, and was paid wages during the base year of ²[his] the individual’s² applicable benefit year which equaled or exceeded ²[forty] 40² times ²[his] the individual’s² weekly benefit rate; and

d.    for any initial claim for extended benefits effective after ¹[November 7, 2020] June 27, 2020¹, has established entitlement for the individual’s applicable benefit year based on the alternative earnings requirement specified in subsection (e) of R.S. 43:21-4²[, and:

(1)] or² was paid wages during the base year of the individual’s applicable benefit year which equaled or exceeded ¹[forty] 40¹ times the individual’s weekly benefit rate ²[; or

(2)   was paid wages during that base year which equaled or exceeded 1 1/2 times the individual’s wages paid during the calendar quarter of the base year in which the individual’s wages were highest; or

(3)   had 20 full-time weeks of employment during that base year]².

(cf: P.L.1982, c.144, s.2)

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.