00                             SENATE BILL NO. 170                                                                         
01 "An Act modifying the Alaska unemployment insurance statutes to comply with the                                         
02 requirements of the federal economic stimulus bill by redefining the base period for                                    
03 determining eligibility for unemployment benefits; and providing for an effective date."                                
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 23.20.520(3) is amended to read:                                                                   
06                 (3)  "base period" means the first four of the last five completed                                      
07       calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year,                        
08       except that if an individual would not otherwise be eligible for unemployment                                 
09       compensation because of the use of a base period that does not include the most                               
10       recently completed calendar quarter immediately preceding the first day of an                                 
11       individual's benefit year, "base period" means, and eligibility shall be                                      
12       determined using, the four most recently completed calendar quarters before the                               
13       start of the benefit year;                                                                                    
14    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.