CSHB 483(L&C): "An Act relating to employer and employee contribution rates for unemployment insurance and to the calculation of unemployment insurance benefits; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 483(L&C) 01 "An Act relating to employer and employee contribution rates for unemployment 02 insurance and to the calculation of unemployment insurance benefits; and 03 providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 23.20.290(c) is amended to read: 06 (c) Beginning January 1, 1997 [JANUARY 1, 1981], the rate of contributions 07 for each employer is 80 [82] percent of the average benefit cost rate multiplied by the 08 employer's experience factor set out in column C of the table in this subsection 09 opposite the employer's applicable rate class set out in column A plus the fund 10 solvency adjustment required under (f) of this section. However, the rate of 11 contributions for an employer may not be less than one percent or more than six and 12 one-half percent. The rate of contributions for an employer in rate class 21 may not 13 be less than 5.4 percent. The rate of contributions for an employer must be rounded 14 to the nearest 1/100th [ONE-HUNDREDTH] of one percent.
01 COLUMN ACOLUMN B COLUMN C 02 Rate ClassCumulative Experience 03 Ratable Payroll Factor 04 at least but less than 05 (percent) (percent) 06 1 5 .40 07 2 5 10 .45 08 3 10 15 .50 09 5 20 25 .60 10 6 25 30 .65 11 7 30 35 .70 12 8 35 40 .80 13 9 40 45 .90 14 10 45 50 1.00 15 11 50 55 1.00 16 12 55 60 1.10 17 13 60 65 1.20 18 14 65 70 1.30 19 15 70 75 1.35 20 16 75 80 1.40 21 17 80 85 1.45 22 18 85 90 1.50 23 19 90 95 1.55 24 20 95 99.99 1.60 25 21 99.99 1.65. 26 * Sec. 2. AS 23.20.290(d) is amended to read: 27 (d) Beginning January 1, 1997 [JANUARY 1, 1981], and for each succeeding 28 year thereafter, the rate of contributions payable by each employee of an employer 29 who is subject to AS 23.20.165 is 20 [18] percent of the average benefit cost rate as 30 determined in (e) of this section rounded to the nearest 1/100th [ONE-TENTH] of one 31 percent. However, the rate of contributions for an employee may not be less than one-
01 half percent or more than one percent. 02 * Sec. 3. AS 23.20.350(d) is amended to read: 03 (d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive 04 the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is 05 opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages 06 determined under (c) of this section: 07 (A) (B) 08 Base Period Wages Weekly Benefit 09 Amount 10 At least But less than 11 0 1,000 $ 0 12 1,000 1,250 44 13 1,250 1,500 46 14 1,500 1,750 48 15 1,750 2,000 50 16 2,000 2,250 52 17 2,250 2,500 54 18 2,500 2,750 56 19 2,750 3,000 58 20 3,000 3,250 60 21 3,250 3,500 62 22 3,500 3,750 64 23 3,750 4,000 66 24 4,000 4,250 68 25 4,250 4,500 70 26 4,500 4,750 72 27 4,750 5,000 74 28 5,000 5,250 76 29 5,250 5,500 78 30 5,500 5,750 80 31 5,750 6,000 82
01 6,000 6,250 84 02 6,250 6,500 86 03 6,500 6,750 88 04 6,750 7,000 90 05 7,000 7,250 92 06 7,250 7,500 94 07 7,500 7,750 96 08 7,750 8,000 98 09 8,000 8,250 100 10 8,250 8,500 102 11 8,500 8,750 104 12 8,750 9,000 106 13 9,000 9,250 108 14 9,250 9,500 110 15 9,500 9,750 112 16 9,750 10,000 114 17 10,000 10,250 116 18 10,250 10,500 118 19 10,500 10,750 120 20 10,750 11,000 122 21 11,000 11,250 124 22 11,250 11,500 126 23 11,500 11,750 128 24 11,750 12,000 130 25 12,000 12,250 132 26 12,250 12,500 134 27 12,500 12,750 136 28 12,750 13,000 138 29 13,000 13,250 140 30 13,250 13,500 142 31 13,500 13,750 144
01 13,750 14,000 146 02 14,000 14,250 148 03 14,250 14,500 150 04 14,500 14,750 152 05 14,750 15,000 154 06 15,000 15,250 156 07 15,250 15,500 158 08 15,500 15,750 160 09 15,750 16,000 162 10 16,000 16,250 164 11 16,250 16,500 166 12 16,500 16,750 168 13 16,750 17,000 170 14 17,000 17,250 172 15 17,250 17,500 174 16 17,500 17,750 176 17 17,750 18,000 178 18 18,000 18,250 180 19 18,250 18,500 182 20 18,500 18,750 184 21 18,750 19,000 186 22 19,000 19,250 188 23 19,250 19,500 190 24 19,500 19,750 192 25 19,750 20,000 194 26 20,000 20,250 196 27 20,250 20,500 198 28 20,500 20,750 200 29 20,750 21,000 202 30 21,000 21,250 204 31 21,250 21,500 206
01 21,500 21,750 208 02 21,750 22,000 210 03 22,000 22,250 212 04 22,250 22,500 214 [212] 05 22,500 22,750 216 06 22,750 23,000 218 07 23,000 23,250 220 08 23,250 23,500 222 09 23,500 23,750 224 10 23,750 24,000 226 11 24,000 24,250 228 12 24,250 24,500 230 13 24,500 24,750 232 14 24,750 25,000 234 15 25,000 25,250 236 16 25,250 25,500 238 17 25,500 25,750 240 18 25,750 26,000 242 19 26,000 26,250 244 20 26,250 26,500 246 21 26,500 26,750 248 22 26,750 248. 23 * Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to benefit years for unemployment insurance 24 beginning on or after January 1, 1997. 25 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 1997.