CSHB 142(FIN): "An Act relating to unemployment insurance benefits; increasing the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit rate; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 142(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to unemployment insurance benefits; increasing the maximum weekly 02 unemployment insurance benefit rate; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 23.20.350(d) is amended to read: 05 (d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive 06 the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is 07 opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages 08 determined under (c) of this section: 09 (A) (B) 10 Base Period Wages Weekly Benefit 11 Amount 12 At least But less than 13 0 2,500 $ 0 14 2,500 2,750 56
01 2,750 3,000 58 02 3,000 3,250 60 03 3,250 3,500 62 04 3,500 3,750 64 05 3,750 4,000 66 06 4,000 4,250 68 07 4,250 4,500 70 08 4,500 4,750 72 09 4,750 5,000 74 10 5,000 5,250 76 11 5,250 5,500 78 12 5,500 5,750 80 13 5,750 6,000 82 14 6,000 6,250 84 15 6,250 6,500 86 16 6,500 6,750 88 17 6,750 7,000 90 18 7,000 7,250 92 19 7,250 7,500 94 20 7,500 7,750 96 21 7,750 8,000 98 22 8,000 8,250 100 23 8,250 8,500 102 24 8,500 8,750 104 25 8,750 9,000 106 26 9,000 9,250 108 27 9,250 9,500 110 28 9,500 9,750 112 29 9,750 10,000 114 30 10,000 10,250 116 31 10,250 10,500 118
01 10,500 10,750 120 02 10,750 11,000 122 03 11,000 11,250 124 04 11,250 11,500 126 05 11,500 11,750 128 06 11,750 12,000 130 07 12,000 12,250 132 08 12,250 12,500 134 09 12,500 12,750 136 10 12,750 13,000 138 11 13,000 13,250 140 12 13,250 13,500 142 13 13,500 13,750 144 14 13,750 14,000 146 15 14,000 14,250 148 16 14,250 14,500 150 17 14,500 14,750 152 18 14,750 15,000 154 19 15,000 15,250 156 20 15,250 15,500 158 21 15,500 15,750 160 22 15,750 16,000 162 23 16,000 16,250 164 24 16,250 16,500 166 25 16,500 16,750 168 26 16,750 17,000 170 27 17,000 17,250 172 28 17,250 17,500 174 29 17,500 17,750 176 30 17,750 18,000 178 31 18,000 18,250 180
01 18,250 18,500 182 02 18,500 18,750 184 03 18,750 19,000 186 04 19,000 19,250 188 05 19,250 19,500 190 06 19,500 19,750 192 07 19,750 20,000 194 08 20,000 20,250 196 09 20,250 20,500 198 10 20,500 20,750 200 11 20,750 21,000 202 12 21,000 21,250 204 13 21,250 21,500 206 14 21,500 21,750 208 15 21,750 22,000 210 16 22,000 22,250 212 17 22,250 22,500 214 18 22,500 22,750 216 19 22,750 23,000 218 20 23,000 23,250 220 21 23,250 23,500 222 22 23,500 23,750 224 23 23,750 24,000 226 24 24,000 24,250 228 25 24,250 24,500 230 26 24,500 24,750 232 27 24,750 25,000 234 28 25,000 25,250 236 29 25,250 25,500 238 30 25,500 25,750 240 31 25,750 26,000 242
01 26,000 26,250 244 02 26,250 26,500 246 03 26,500 26,750 248 04 26,750 27,000 250 05 27,000 27,250 252 06 27,250 27,500 254 07 27,500 27,750 256 08 27,750 28,000 258 09 28,000 28,250 260 10 28,250 28,500 262 11 28,500 28,750 264 12 28,750 29,000 266 13 29,000 29,250 268 14 29,250 29,500 270 15 29,500 29,750 272 16 29,750 30,000 274 17 30,000 30,250 276 18 30,250 30,500 278 19 30,500 30,750 280 20 30,750 31,000 282 21 31,000 31,250 284 22 31,250 31,500 286 23 31,500 31,750 288 24 31,750 32,000 290 25 32,000 32,250 292 26 32,250 32,500 294 27 32,500 32,750 296 28 32,750 33,000 298 29 33,000 33,250 300 30 33,250 33,500 302 31 33,500 33,750 304
01 33,750 34,000 306 02 34,000 34,250 308 03 34,250 34,500 310 04 34,500 34,750 312 05 34,750 35,000 314 06 35,000 35,250 316 07 35,250 35,500 318 08 35,500 35,750 320 09 35,750 36,000 322 10 36,000 36,250 324 11 36,250 36,500 326 12 36,500 36,750 328 13 36,750 37,000 330 14 37,000 37,250 332 15 37,250 37,500 334 16 37,500 37,750 336 17 37,750 38,000 338 18 38,000 38,250 340 19 38,250 38,500 342 20 38,500 38,750 344 21 38,750 39,000 346 22 39,000 39,250 348 23 39,250 39,500 350 24 39,500 39,750 352 25 39,750 40,000 354 26 40,000 40,250 356 27 40,250 40,500 358 28 40,500 40,750 360 29 40,750 41,000 362 30 41,000 41,250 364 31 41,250 41,500 366
01 41,500 41,750 368 02 41,750 42,000 370 03 42,000 42,250 372 04 42,250 42,500 374 05 42,500 42,750 376 06 42,750 43,000 378 07 43,000 43,250 380 08 43,250 43,500 382 09 43,500 43,750 384 10 43,750 44,000 386 11 44,000 44,250 388 12 44,250 44,500 390 13 44,500 44,750 392 14 44,750 45,000 394 15 45,000 45,250 396 16 45,250 45,500 398 17 45,500 45,750 400 18 45,750 46,000 402 19 46,000 46,250 404 20 46,250 46,500 406 21 46,500 46,750 408 22 46,750 47,000 410 23 47,000 47,250 412 24 47,250 47,500 414 25 47,500 47,750 416 26 47,750 48,000 418 27 48,000 48,250 420 28 48,250 48,500 422 29 48,500 48,750 424 30 48,750 49,000 426 31 49,000 49,250 428
01 49,250 49,500 430 02 49,500 49,750 432 03 49,750 50,000 434 04 50,000 50,250 436 05 50,250 50,500 438 06 50,500 50,750 440 07 50,750 51,000 442 08 51,000 51,250 444 09 51,250 51,500 446 10 51,500 51,750 448 11 51,750 52,000 450 12 52,000 52,250 452 13 52,250 52,500 454 14 52,500 52,750 456 15 52,750 53,000 458 16 53,000 53,250 460 17 53,250 53,500 462 18 53,500 53,750 464 19 53,750 54,000 466 20 54,000 54,250 468 21 54,250 54,500 470 22 54,500 54,750 472 23 54,750 55,000 474 24 55,000 55,250 476 25 55,250 55,500 478 26 55,500 55,750 480 27 55,750 56,000 482 28 56,000 56,250 484 29 56,250 56,500 486 30 56,500 56,750 488 31 56,750 57,000 490
01 57,000 57,250 492 02 57,250 57,500 494 03 57,500 57,750 496 04 57,750 58,000 498 05 58,000 58,250 500 06 58,250 58,500 502 07 58,500 58,750 504 08 58,750 59,000 506 09 59,000 59,250 508 10 59,250 59,500 510 11 59,500 510 [370]. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 23.20.350 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 13 (h) Notwithstanding (d) of this section, annually, after December 31, 2020, the 14 department shall increase weekly benefit amounts under (d) of this section by $2 for 15 each $250 by which an individual's base period wages exceed $59,500, to an amount 16 not to exceed 50 percent of the average weekly wage determined under (j) of this 17 section. 18 (i) Annually, in November, the department shall give notice to the public of 19 the weekly benefit amounts under (d) and (h) of this section by posting on the Alaska 20 Online Public Notice System (AS 44.62.175) and distributing copies of the notice 21 without charge to persons who request copies and to publicly and privately owned 22 news media organizations in the state. The notice must provide that any person may 23 submit comments to the commissioner regarding the content of the notice. 24 (j) Annually, before November 1, the department shall determine the average 25 annual wage paid to employees covered by this chapter for the most recent 12-month 26 period that ended on June 30, and divide that wage by 52 to determine the average 27 weekly wage. 28 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2019.