SENATE BILL No. 1291

 

 

June 9, 2004, Introduced by Senators BASHAM, SWITALSKI, JACOBS, PRUSI, BARCIA, CLARK-COLEMAN, GOSCHKA, CHERRY, SCOTT, OLSHOVE, CLARKE, EMERSON and SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled                                     

                                                                                

    "Michigan employment security act,"                                         

                                                                                

    by amending section 27 (MCL 421.27), as amended by 2002 PA 192.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 27.  (a)(1) When a determination, redetermination, or                  

                                                                                

2   decision is made that benefits are due an unemployed individual,            

                                                                                

3   the benefits  shall  become payable from the fund and continue to           

                                                                                

4   be payable to the unemployed individual, subject to the                     

                                                                                

5   limitations imposed by the individual's monetary entitlement, if            

                                                                                

6   the individual continues to be unemployed and to file claims for            

                                                                                

7   benefits, until the determination, redetermination, or decision             

                                                                                

8   is reversed, a determination, redetermination, or decision on a             

                                                                                

9   new issue holding the individual disqualified or ineligible is              

                                                                                

10  made, or, for benefit years beginning before  the conversion date           

                                                                                

11  prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, a new separation issue           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   arises resulting from subsequent work.                                      

                                                                                

2       (2) Benefits shall be paid in person or by mail through                     

                                                                                

3   employment offices in accordance with rules promulgated by the              

                                                                                

4   commission.                                                                 

                                                                                

5       (b)(1) Subject to subsection (f), the weekly benefit rate for               

                                                                                

6   an individual, with respect to benefit years beginning before               

                                                                                

7   the conversion date prescribed in section 75, shall be  October            

                                                                                

8   1, 2000, is 67% of the individual's average after tax weekly                

                                                                                

9   wage, except that the individual's maximum weekly benefit rate              

                                                                                

10  shall not exceed $300.00.  However, with respect to benefit years           

                                                                                

11  beginning  after the conversion date as prescribed in section 75            

                                                                                

12  on or after October 1, 2000, the individual's weekly benefit rate           

                                                                                

13  shall be  is 4.1% of the individual's wages paid in the calendar           

                                                                                

14  quarter of the base period in which the individual was paid the             

                                                                                

15  highest total wages, plus $6.00 for each dependent as defined in            

                                                                                

16  subdivision (3), up to a maximum of 5 dependents, claimed by the            

                                                                                

17  individual at the time the individual files a new claim for                 

                                                                                

18  benefits, except that the individual's maximum weekly benefit               

                                                                                

19  rate shall not exceed $300.00 before  the effective date of the             

                                                                                

20  amendatory act that added section 13l  April 26, 2002 and $362.00           

                                                                                

21  for claims filed on and after  the effective date of the                    

                                                                                

22  amendatory act that added section 13l  April 26, 2002.  The                 

                                                                                

23  weekly benefit rate for an individual claiming benefits on and              

                                                                                

24  after  the effective date of the amendatory act that added                  

                                                                                

25  section 13l  April 26, 2002 shall be recalculated subject to the            

                                                                                

26  $362.00 maximum weekly benefit rate.  The unemployment agency               

                                                                                

27  shall establish the procedures necessary to verify the number of            


                                                                                

1   dependents claimed.  If a person fraudulently claims a dependent,           

                                                                                

2   that person is subject to the penalties set forth in sections 54            

                                                                                

3   and 54c.   With respect to  For benefit years beginning on or               

                                                                                

4   after October 2, 1983, the weekly benefit rate shall be adjusted            

                                                                                

5   to the next lower multiple of $1.00.                                        

                                                                                

6       (2) For benefit years beginning before  the conversion date                 

                                                                                

7   prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, the state average                

                                                                                

8   weekly wage for a calendar year shall be computed on the basis of           

                                                                                

9   the 12 months ending the June 30 immediately preceding that                 

                                                                                

10  calendar year.  The commission shall prepare a table of weekly              

                                                                                

11  benefit rates based on an "average after tax weekly wage"                   

                                                                                

12  calculated by subtracting, from an individual's average weekly              

                                                                                

13  wage as determined in accordance with section 51, a reasonable              

                                                                                

14  approximation of the weekly amount required to be withheld by the           

                                                                                

15  employer from the remuneration of the individual based on                   

                                                                                

16  dependents and exemptions for income taxes under  chapter 24 of             

                                                                                

17  subtitle C of the internal revenue code of 1986,  26  U.S.C.  USC           

                                                                                

18  3401 to 3406, and under section 351 of the income tax act of                

                                                                                

19  1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.351, and for old age and survivor's              

                                                                                

20  disability insurance taxes under  the federal insurance                     

                                                                                

21  contributions act, chapter 21 of subtitle C of the internal                 

                                                                                

22  revenue code of 1986,  26  U.S.C.  USC 3101 to 3128.  For                   

                                                                                

23  purposes of applying the table to an individual's claim, a                  

                                                                                

24  dependent shall be as defined in subdivision (3).  The table                

                                                                                

25  applicable to an individual's claim shall be the table reflecting           

                                                                                

26  the number of dependents claimed by the individual under                    

                                                                                

27  subdivision (3).  The commission shall adjust the tables based on           


                                                                                

1   changes in withholding schedules published by the United States             

                                                                                

2   department of treasury, internal revenue service, and by the                

                                                                                

3   department of treasury.  The number of dependents allowed shall             

                                                                                

4   be determined with respect to each week of unemployment for which           

                                                                                

5   an individual is claiming benefits.                                         

                                                                                

6       (3) For benefit years beginning before  the conversion date                 

                                                                                

7   prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, a dependent means any            

                                                                                

8   of the following persons who is receiving and for at least 90               

                                                                                

9   consecutive days immediately preceding the week for which                   

                                                                                

10  benefits are claimed, or, in the case of a dependent husband,               

                                                                                

11  wife, or child, for the duration of the marital or parental                 

                                                                                

12  relationship, if the relationship has existed less than 90 days,            

                                                                                

13  has received more than half the cost of his or her support from             

                                                                                

14  the individual claiming benefits:                                           

                                                                                

15      (a) A child, including stepchild, adopted child, or                         

                                                                                

16  grandchild of the individual who is under 18 years of age, or 18            

                                                                                

17  years of age or over if, because of physical or mental infirmity,           

                                                                                

18  the child is unable to engage in a gainful occupation, or is a              

                                                                                

19  full-time student as defined by the particular educational                  

                                                                                

20  institution, at a high school, vocational school, community or              

                                                                                

21  junior college, or college or university and has not attained the           

                                                                                

22  age of 22.                                                                  

                                                                                

23      (b) The husband or wife of the individual.                                  

                                                                                

24      (c) The legal father or mother of the individual if that                    

                                                                                

25  parent is either more than 65 years of age or is permanently                

                                                                                

26  disabled from engaging in a gainful occupation.                             

                                                                                

27      (d) A brother or sister of the individual if the brother or                 


                                                                                

1   sister is orphaned or the living parents are dependent parents of           

                                                                                

2   an individual, and the brother or sister is under 18 years of               

                                                                                

3   age, or 18 years of age or over if, because of physical or mental           

                                                                                

4   infirmity, the brother or sister is unable to engage in a gainful           

                                                                                

5   occupation, or is a full-time student as defined by the                     

                                                                                

6   particular educational institution, at a high school, vocational            

                                                                                

7   school, community or junior college, or college or university and           

                                                                                

8   is less than 22 years of age.                                               

                                                                                

9       (4) For benefit years beginning  after the conversion date                  

                                                                                

10  prescribed in section 75  on or after October 1, 2000, a                    

                                                                                

11  dependent means any of the following persons who received for at            

                                                                                

12  least 90 consecutive days immediately preceding the first week of           

                                                                                

13  the benefit year or, in the case of a dependent husband, wife, or           

                                                                                

14  child, for the duration of the marital or parental relationship             

                                                                                

15  if the relationship existed less than 90 days before the                    

                                                                                

16  beginning of the benefit year, has received more than 1/2 the               

                                                                                

17  cost of his or her support from the individual claiming the                 

                                                                                

18  benefits:                                                                   

                                                                                

19      (a) A child, including stepchild, adopted child, or                         

                                                                                

20  grandchild of the individual who is under 18 years of age, or 18            

                                                                                

21  years of age and over if, because of physical or mental                     

                                                                                

22  infirmity, the child is unable to engage in a gainful occupation,           

                                                                                

23  or is a full-time student as defined by the particular                      

                                                                                

24  educational institution, at a high school, vocational school,               

                                                                                

25  community or junior college, or college or university and has not           

                                                                                

26  attained the age of 22.                                                     

                                                                                

27      (b) The husband or wife of the individual.                                  


                                                                                

1       (c) The legal father or mother of the individual if that                    

                                                                                

2   parent is either more than 65 years of age or is permanently                

                                                                                

3   disabled from engaging in a gainful occupation.                             

                                                                                

4       (d) A brother or sister of the individual if the brother or                 

                                                                                

5   sister is orphaned or the living parents are dependent parents of           

                                                                                

6   an individual, and the brother or sister is under 18 years of               

                                                                                

7   age, or 18 years of age and over if, because of physical or                 

                                                                                

8   mental infirmity, the brother or sister is unable to engage in a            

                                                                                

9   gainful occupation, or is a full-time student as defined by the             

                                                                                

10  particular educational institution, at a high school, vocational            

                                                                                

11  school, community or junior college, or college or university and           

                                                                                

12  is less than 22 years of age.                                               

                                                                                

13      (5) For benefit years beginning before  the conversion date                 

                                                                                

14  prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, dependency status of a           

                                                                                

15  dependent, child or otherwise, once established or fixed in favor           

                                                                                

16  of an individual continues during the individual's benefit year             

                                                                                

17  until terminated.  Dependency status of a dependent terminates at           

                                                                                

18  the end of the week in which the dependent ceases to be an                  

                                                                                

19  individual described in subdivision (3)(a), (b), (c), or (d)                

                                                                                

20  because of age, death, or divorce.  For benefit years beginning             

                                                                                

21  after the conversion date prescribed in section 75  on or after            

                                                                                

22  October 1, 2000, the number of dependents established for an                

                                                                                

23  individual at the beginning of the benefit year shall remain in             

                                                                                

24  effect during the entire benefit year.                                      

                                                                                

25      (6) For benefit years beginning before  the conversion date                 

                                                                                

26  prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, failure on the part of           

                                                                                

27  an individual, due to misinformation or lack of information, to             


                                                                                

1   furnish all information material for determination of the number            

                                                                                

2   of the individual's dependents when the individual files a claim            

                                                                                

3   for benefits with respect to a week shall be considered good                

                                                                                

4   cause for the issuance of a redetermination as to the amount of             

                                                                                

5   benefits based on the number of the individual's dependents as of           

                                                                                

6   the beginning date of that week.  Dependency status of a                    

                                                                                

7   dependent, child or otherwise, once established or fixed in favor           

                                                                                

8   of a person is not transferable to or usable by another person              

                                                                                

9   with respect to the same week.                                              

                                                                                

10      For benefit years beginning  after the conversion date as                   

                                                                                

11  prescribed in section 75  on or after October 1, 2000, failure on           

                                                                                

12  the part of an individual, due to misinformation or lack of                 

                                                                                

13  information, to furnish all information material for                        

                                                                                

14  determination of the number of the individual's dependents shall            

                                                                                

15  be considered good cause for the issuance of a redetermination as           

                                                                                

16  to the amount of benefits based on the number of the individual's           

                                                                                

17  dependents as of the beginning of the benefit year.                         

                                                                                

18      (c) Subject to subsection (f), all of the following apply to                

                                                                                

19  eligible individuals:                                                       

                                                                                

20      (1) Each eligible individual shall be paid a weekly benefit                 

                                                                                

21  rate with respect to the week for which the individual earns or             

                                                                                

22  receives no remuneration.  Notwithstanding the definition of week           

                                                                                

23  in section 50, if within 2 consecutive weeks in which an                    

                                                                                

24  individual was not unemployed within the meaning of section 48              

                                                                                

25  there was a period of 7 or more consecutive days for which the              

                                                                                

26  individual did not earn or receive remuneration, that period                

                                                                                

27  shall be considered a week for benefit purposes under this act if           


                                                                                

1   a claim for benefits for that period is filed not later than 30             

                                                                                

2   days after the end of the period.                                           

                                                                                

3       (2) Each eligible individual shall have his or her weekly                   

                                                                                

4   benefit rate reduced with respect to each week in which the                 

                                                                                

5   individual earns or receives remuneration at the rate of 50 cents           

                                                                                

6   for each whole $1.00 of remuneration earned or received during              

                                                                                

7   that week.                                                                  

                                                                                

8       (3) An individual who receives or earns partial remuneration                

                                                                                

9   may not receive a total of benefits and earnings that exceeds               

                                                                                

10  1-1/2 times his or her weekly benefit amount.  For each dollar of           

                                                                                

11  total benefits and earnings that exceeds 1-1/2 times the                    

                                                                                

12  individual's weekly benefit amount, benefits shall be reduced by            

                                                                                

13  $1.00.                                                                      

                                                                                

14      (4) If the reduction in a claimant's benefit rate for a week                

                                                                                

15  in accordance with subparagraph (2) or (3) results in a benefit             

                                                                                

16  rate greater than zero for that week, the claimant's balance of             

                                                                                

17  weeks of benefit payments  will  shall be reduced by 1 week.                

                                                                                

18      (5) All remuneration for work performed during a shift that                 

                                                                                

19  terminates on 1 day but that began on the preceding day shall be            

                                                                                

20  considered to have been earned by the eligible individual on the            

                                                                                

21  preceding day.                                                              

                                                                                

22      (d) For benefit years beginning before  the conversion date                 

                                                                                

23  prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, and subject to                   

                                                                                

24  subsection (f) and this subsection, the amount of benefits to               

                                                                                

25  which an individual who is otherwise eligible is entitled during            

                                                                                

26  a benefit year from an employer with respect to employment during           

                                                                                

27  the base period is the amount obtained by multiplying the weekly            


                                                                                

1   benefit rate with respect to that employment by 3/4 of the number           

                                                                                

2   of credit weeks earned in the employment.  For the purpose of               

                                                                                

3   this subsection and section 20(c), if the resultant product is              

                                                                                

4   not an even multiple of 1/2 the weekly benefit rate, the product            

                                                                                

5   shall be raised to an amount equal to the next higher multiple of           

                                                                                

6   1/2 the weekly benefit rate, and, for an individual who was                 

                                                                                

7   employed by only 1 employer in the individual's base period and             

                                                                                

8   earned 34 credit weeks with that employer, the product shall be             

                                                                                

9   raised to the next higher multiple of the weekly benefit rate.              

                                                                                

10  The maximum amount of benefits payable to an individual within a            

                                                                                

11  benefit year, with respect to employment by an employer, shall              

                                                                                

12  not exceed  26  39 times the weekly benefit rate with respect to            

                                                                                

13  that employment.  The maximum amount of benefits payable to an              

                                                                                

14  individual within a benefit year shall not exceed the amount to             

                                                                                

15  which the individual would be entitled for  26  39 weeks of                 

                                                                                

16  unemployment in which remuneration was not earned or received.              

                                                                                

17  The limitation of total benefits set forth in this subsection               

                                                                                

18  does not apply to claimants declared eligible for training                  

                                                                                

19  benefits in accordance with subsection (g).  For benefit years              

                                                                                

20  beginning  after the conversion date prescribed in section 75  on           

                                                                                

21  or after October 1, 2000, and subject to subsection (f) and this            

                                                                                

22  subsection, the maximum benefit amount payable to an individual             

                                                                                

23  in a benefit year for purposes of this section and section 20(c)            

                                                                                

24  is the number of weeks of benefits payable to an individual                 

                                                                                

25  during the benefit year, multiplied by the individual's weekly              

                                                                                

26  benefit rate.  The number of weeks of benefits payable to an                

                                                                                

27  individual shall be calculated by taking 43% of the individual's            


                                                                                

1   base period wages and dividing the result by the individual's               

                                                                                

2   weekly benefit rate.  If the quotient is not a whole or half                

                                                                                

3   number, the result shall be rounded down to the nearest half                

                                                                                

4   number.  However, not more than  26  39 weeks of benefits or less           

                                                                                

5   than 14 weeks of benefits shall be payable to an individual in a            

                                                                                

6   benefit year.  The limitation of total benefits set forth in this           

                                                                                

7   subsection shall not apply to claimants declared eligible for               

                                                                                

8   training benefits in accordance with subsection (g).                        

                                                                                

9       (e) When a claimant dies or is judicially declared insane or                

                                                                                

10  mentally incompetent, unemployment compensation benefits accrued            

                                                                                

11  and payable to that person for weeks of unemployment before                 

                                                                                

12  death, insanity, or incompetency, but not paid, shall become due            

                                                                                

13  and payable to the person who is the legal heir or guardian of              

                                                                                

14  the claimant or to any other person found by the commission to be           

                                                                                

15  equitably entitled to the benefits by reason of having incurred             

                                                                                

16  expense in behalf of the claimant for the claimant's burial or              

                                                                                

17  other necessary expenses.                                                   

                                                                                

18      (f)(1) For benefit years beginning before  the conversion                   

                                                                                

19  date prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, and                         

                                                                                

20  notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this act, the                

                                                                                

21  weekly benefit rate of each individual who is receiving or will             

                                                                                

22  receive a "retirement benefit", as defined in subdivision (4),              

                                                                                

23  shall be adjusted as provided in subparagraphs (a), (b), and                

                                                                                

24  (c).  However, an individual's extended benefit account and an              

                                                                                

25  individual's weekly extended benefit rate under section 64 shall            

                                                                                

26  be established without reduction under this subsection unless               

                                                                                

27  subdivision (5) is in effect.  Except as otherwise provided in              


                                                                                

1   this subsection, all other provisions of this act continue to               

                                                                                

2   apply in connection with the benefit claims of those retired                

                                                                                

3   persons.                                                                    

                                                                                

4       (a) If and to the extent that unemployment benefits payable                 

                                                                                

5   under this act would be chargeable to an employer who has                   

                                                                                

6   contributed to the financing of a retirement plan under which the           

                                                                                

7   claimant is receiving or will receive a retirement benefit                  

                                                                                

8   yielding a pro rata weekly amount equal to or larger than the               

                                                                                

9   claimant's weekly benefit rate as otherwise established under               

                                                                                

10  this act, the claimant shall not receive unemployment benefits              

                                                                                

11  that would be chargeable to the employer under this act.                    

                                                                                

12      (b) If and to the extent that unemployment benefits payable                 

                                                                                

13  under this act would be chargeable to an employer who has                   

                                                                                

14  contributed to the financing of a retirement plan under which the           

                                                                                

15  claimant is receiving or will receive a retirement benefit                  

                                                                                

16  yielding a pro rata weekly amount less than the claimant's weekly           

                                                                                

17  benefit rate as otherwise established under this act, then the              

                                                                                

18  weekly benefit rate otherwise payable to the claimant and                   

                                                                                

19  chargeable to the employer under this act shall be reduced by an            

                                                                                

20  amount equal to the pro rata weekly amount, adjusted to the next            

                                                                                

21  lower multiple of $1.00, which the claimant is receiving or will            

                                                                                

22  receive as a retirement benefit.                                            

                                                                                

23      (c) If the unemployment benefit payable under this act would                

                                                                                

24  be chargeable to an employer who has not contributed to the                 

                                                                                

25  financing of a retirement plan under which the claimant is                  

                                                                                

26  receiving or will receive a retirement benefit, then the weekly             

                                                                                

27  benefit rate of the claimant as otherwise established under this            


                                                                                

1   act shall not be reduced due to receipt of a retirement benefit.            

                                                                                

2       (d) If the unemployment benefit payable under this act is                   

                                                                                

3   computed on the basis of multiemployer credit weeks and a portion           

                                                                                

4   of the benefit is allocable under section 20(e) to an employer              

                                                                                

5   who has contributed to the financing of a retirement plan under             

                                                                                

6   which the claimant is receiving or will receive a retirement                

                                                                                

7   benefit, the adjustments required by subparagraph (a) or (b)                

                                                                                

8   apply only to that portion of the weekly benefit rate that would            

                                                                                

9   otherwise be allocable and chargeable to the employer.                      

                                                                                

10      (2) If an individual's weekly benefit rate under this act was               

                                                                                

11  established before the period for which the individual first                

                                                                                

12  receives a retirement benefit, any benefits received after a                

                                                                                

13  retirement benefit becomes payable shall be determined in                   

                                                                                

14  accordance with the formula stated in this subsection.                      

                                                                                

15      (3) When necessary to assure prompt payment of benefits, the                

                                                                                

16  commission shall determine the pro rata weekly amount yielded by            

                                                                                

17  an individual's retirement benefit based on the best information            

                                                                                

18  currently available to it.  In the absence of fraud, a                      

                                                                                

19  determination shall not be reconsidered unless it is established            

                                                                                

20  that the individual's actual retirement benefit in fact differs             

                                                                                

21  from the amount determined by $2.00 or more per week.  The                  

                                                                                

22  reconsideration shall apply only to benefits as may be claimed              

                                                                                

23  after the information on which the reconsideration is based was             

                                                                                

24  received by the commission.                                                 

                                                                                

25      (4)(a) As used in this subdivision, "retirement benefit"                    

                                                                                

26  means a benefit, annuity, or pension of any type or that part               

                                                                                

27  thereof that is described in subparagraph (b) that is:                      


                                                                                

1                                                                                (i) Provided as an incident of employment under an                                  

                                                                                

2   established retirement plan, policy, or agreement, including                

                                                                                

3   federal social security if subdivision (5) is in effect.                    

                                                                                

4       (ii) Payable to an individual because the individual has                     

                                                                                

5   qualified on the basis of attained age, length of service, or               

                                                                                

6   disability, whether or not the individual retired or was retired            

                                                                                

7   from employment.  Amounts paid to individuals in the course of              

                                                                                

8   liquidation of a private pension or retirement fund because of              

                                                                                

9   termination of the business or of a plant or department of the              

                                                                                

10  business of the employer involved shall not be considered to be             

                                                                                

11  retirement benefits.                                                        

                                                                                

12      (b) If a benefit as described in subparagraph (a) is payable                

                                                                                

13  or paid to the individual under a plan to which the individual              

                                                                                

14  has contributed:                                                            

                                                                                

15                                                                               (i) Less than half of the cost of the benefit, then only half                       

                                                                                

16  of the benefit shall be treated as a retirement benefit.                    

                                                                                

17      (ii) Half or more of the cost of the benefit, then none of                   

                                                                                

18  the benefit shall be treated as a retirement benefit.                       

                                                                                

19      (c) The burden of establishing the extent of an individual's                

                                                                                

20  contribution to the cost of his or her retirement benefit for the           

                                                                                

21  purpose of subparagraph (b) is upon the employer who has                    

                                                                                

22  contributed to the plan under which a benefit is provided.                  

                                                                                

23      (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,                 

                                                                                

24  for any week that begins after March 31, 1980, and with respect             

                                                                                

25  to which an individual is receiving a governmental or other                 

                                                                                

26  pension and claiming unemployment compensation, the weekly                  

                                                                                

27  benefit amount payable to the individual for those weeks shall be           


                                                                                

1   reduced, but not below zero, by the entire prorated weekly amount           

                                                                                

2   of any governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay,            

                                                                                

3   annuity, or any other similar payment that is based on any                  

                                                                                

4   previous work of the individual.  This reduction shall be made              

                                                                                

5   only if it is required as a condition for full tax credit against           

                                                                                

6   the tax imposed by  the federal unemployment tax act, chapter 23            

                                                                                

7   of subtitle C of the internal revenue code of 1986,  26  U.S.C.             

                                                                                

8   USC 3301 to 3311.                                                           

                                                                                

9       (6) For benefit years beginning  after the conversion date                  

                                                                                

10  prescribed in section 75  on or after October 1, 2000,                      

                                                                                

11  notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this act, the                

                                                                                

12  weekly benefit rate of each individual who is receiving or will             

                                                                                

13  receive a retirement benefit, as defined in subdivision (4),                

                                                                                

14  shall be adjusted as provided in subparagraphs (a), (b), and                

                                                                                

15  (c).  However, an individual's extended benefit account and an              

                                                                                

16  individual's weekly extended benefit rate under section 64 shall            

                                                                                

17  be established without reduction under this subsection, unless              

                                                                                

18  subdivision (5) is in effect.  Except as otherwise provided in              

                                                                                

19  this subsection, all the other provisions of this act shall                 

                                                                                

20  continue to be applicable in connection with the benefit claims             

                                                                                

21  of those retired persons.                                                   

                                                                                

22      (a) If any base period or chargeable employer has contributed               

                                                                                

23  to the financing of a retirement plan under which the claimant is           

                                                                                

24  receiving or will receive a retirement benefit yielding a pro               

                                                                                

25  rata weekly amount equal to or larger than the claimant's weekly            

                                                                                

26  benefit rate as otherwise established under this act, the                   

                                                                                

27  claimant shall not receive unemployment benefits.                           


                                                                                

1       (b) If any base period employer or chargeable employer has                  

                                                                                

2   contributed to the financing of a retirement plan under which the           

                                                                                

3   claimant is receiving or will receive a retirement benefit                  

                                                                                

4   yielding a pro rata weekly amount less than the claimant's weekly           

                                                                                

5   benefit rate as otherwise established under this act, then the              

                                                                                

6   weekly benefit rate otherwise payable to the claimant shall be              

                                                                                

7   reduced by an amount equal to the pro rata weekly amount,                   

                                                                                

8   adjusted to the next lower multiple of $1.00, which the claimant            

                                                                                

9   is receiving or will receive as a retirement benefit.                       

                                                                                

10      (c) If no base period or separating employer has contributed                

                                                                                

11  to the financing of a retirement plan under which the claimant is           

                                                                                

12  receiving or will receive a retirement benefit, then the weekly             

                                                                                

13  benefit rate of the claimant as otherwise established under this            

                                                                                

14  act shall not be reduced due to receipt of a retirement benefit.            

                                                                                

15      (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, an                     

                                                                                

16  individual pursuing vocational training or retraining pursuant to           

                                                                                

17  section 28(2) who has exhausted all benefits available under                

                                                                                

18  subsection (d) may be paid for each week of approved vocational             

                                                                                

19  training pursued beyond the date of exhaustion a benefit amount             

                                                                                

20  in accordance with subsection (c), but not in excess of the                 

                                                                                

21  individual's most recent weekly benefit rate.  However, an                  

                                                                                

22  individual shall not be paid training benefits totaling more than           

                                                                                

23  18 times the individual's most recent weekly benefit rate.  The             

                                                                                

24  expiration or termination of a benefit year shall not stop or               

                                                                                

25  interrupt payment of training benefits if the training for which            

                                                                                

26  the benefits were granted began before expiration or termination            

                                                                                

27  of the benefit year.                                                        


                                                                                

1       (h) A payment of accrued unemployment benefits shall not be                 

                                                                                

2   made to an eligible individual or in behalf of that individual as           

                                                                                

3   provided in subsection (e) more than 6 years after the ending               

                                                                                

4   date of the benefit year covering the payment or 2 calendar years           

                                                                                

5   after the calendar year in which there is final disposition of a            

                                                                                

6   contested case, whichever is later.                                         

                                                                                

7       (i) Benefits based on service in employment described in                    

                                                                                

8   section 42(8), (9), and (10) are payable in the same amount, on             

                                                                                

9   the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as                       

                                                                                

10  compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to               

                                                                                

11  this act, except that:                                                      

                                                                                

12      (1) With respect to service performed in an instructional,                  

                                                                                

13  research, or principal administrative capacity for an institution           

                                                                                

14  of higher education as defined in section 53(2), or for an                  

                                                                                

15  educational institution other than an institution of higher                 

                                                                                

16  education as defined in section 53(3), benefits shall not be paid           

                                                                                

17  to an individual based on those services for any week of                    

                                                                                

18  unemployment beginning after December 31, 1977 that commences               

                                                                                

19  during the period between 2 successive academic years or during a           

                                                                                

20  similar period between 2 regular terms, whether or not                      

                                                                                

21  successive, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided            

                                                                                

22  for in the individual's contract, to an individual if the                   

                                                                                

23  individual performs the service in the first of the academic                

                                                                                

24  years or terms and if there is a contract or a reasonable                   

                                                                                

25  assurance that the individual will perform service in an                    

                                                                                

26  instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for           

                                                                                

27  an institution of higher education or an educational institution            


                                                                                

1   other than an institution of higher education in the second of              

                                                                                

2   the academic years or terms, whether or not the terms are                   

                                                                                

3   successive.                                                                 

                                                                                

4       (2) With respect to service performed in other than an                      

                                                                                

5   instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for           

                                                                                

6   an institution of higher education as defined in section 53(2) or           

                                                                                

7   for an educational institution other than an institution of                 

                                                                                

8   higher education as defined in section 53(3), benefits shall not            

                                                                                

9   be paid based on those services for any week of unemployment                

                                                                                

10  beginning after December 31, 1977 that commences during the                 

                                                                                

11  period between 2 successive academic years or terms to any                  

                                                                                

12  individual if that individual performs the service in the first             

                                                                                

13  of the academic years or terms and if there is a reasonable                 

                                                                                

14  assurance that the individual will perform the service for an               

                                                                                

15  institution of higher education or an educational institution               

                                                                                

16  other than an institution of higher education in the second of              

                                                                                

17  the academic years or terms.                                                

                                                                                

18      (3) With respect to any service described in subdivision (1)                

                                                                                

19  or (2), benefits shall not be paid to an individual based upon              

                                                                                

20  service for any week of unemployment that commences during an               

                                                                                

21  established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if              

                                                                                

22  the individual performs the service in the period immediately               

                                                                                

23  before the vacation period or holiday recess and there is a                 

                                                                                

24  contract or reasonable assurance that the individual will perform           

                                                                                

25  the service in the period immediately following the vacation                

                                                                                

26  period or holiday recess.                                                   

                                                                                

27      (4) If benefits are denied to an individual for any week                    


                                                                                

1   solely as a result of subdivision (2) and the individual was not            

                                                                                

2   offered an opportunity to perform in the second academic year or            

                                                                                

3   term the service for which reasonable assurance had been given,             

                                                                                

4   the individual is entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits             

                                                                                

5   for each week for which the individual had previously filed a               

                                                                                

6   timely claim for benefits.  An individual entitled to benefits              

                                                                                

7   under this subdivision may apply for those benefits by mail in              

                                                                                

8   accordance with R 421.210 of the Michigan administrative code as            

                                                                                

9   promulgated by the commission.                                              

                                                                                

10      (5) Benefits based upon services in other than an                           

                                                                                

11  instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for           

                                                                                

12  an institution of higher education shall not be denied for any              

                                                                                

13  week of unemployment commencing during the period between 2                 

                                                                                

14  successive academic years or terms solely because the individual            

                                                                                

15  had performed the service in the first of the academic years or             

                                                                                

16  terms and there is reasonable assurance that the individual will            

                                                                                

17  perform the service for an institution of higher education or an            

                                                                                

18  educational institution other than an institution of higher                 

                                                                                

19  education in the second of the academic years or terms, unless a            

                                                                                

20  denial is required as a condition for full tax credit against the           

                                                                                

21  tax imposed by  the federal unemployment tax act, chapter 23 of             

                                                                                

22  subtitle C of the internal revenue code of 1986,  26  U.S.C.  USC           

                                                                                

23  3301 to 3311.                                                               

                                                                                

24      (6) For benefit years established before  the conversion date               

                                                                                

25  prescribed in section 75  October 1, 2000, and notwithstanding              

                                                                                

26  subdivisions (1), (2), and (3), the denial of benefits does not             

                                                                                

27  prevent an individual from completing requalifying weeks in                 


                                                                                

1   accordance with section 29(3) nor does the denial prevent an                

                                                                                

2   individual from receiving benefits based on service with an                 

                                                                                

3   employer other than an educational institution for any week of              

                                                                                

4   unemployment occurring between academic years or terms, whether             

                                                                                

5   or not successive, or during an established and customary                   

                                                                                

6   vacation period or holiday recess, even though the employer is              

                                                                                

7   not the most recent chargeable employer in the individual's base            

                                                                                

8   period.  However, in that case section 20(b) applies to the                 

                                                                                

9   sequence of benefit charging, except for the employment with the            

                                                                                

10  educational institution, and section 50(b) applies to the                   

                                                                                

11  calculation of credit weeks.  When a denial of benefits under               

                                                                                

12  subdivision (1) no longer applies, benefits shall be charged in             

                                                                                

13  accordance with the normal sequence of charging as provided in              

                                                                                

14  section 20(b).                                                              

                                                                                

15      (7) For benefit years beginning  after the conversion date                  

                                                                                

16  prescribed in section 75  on or after October 1, 2000, and                  

                                                                                

17  notwithstanding subdivisions (1), (2), and (3), the denial of               

                                                                                

18  benefits shall not prevent an individual from completing                    

                                                                                

19  requalifying weeks in accordance with section 29(3) nor shall the           

                                                                                

20  denial prevent an individual from receiving benefits based on               

                                                                                

21  service with another base period employer other than an                     

                                                                                

22  educational institution for any week of unemployment occurring              

                                                                                

23  between academic years or terms, whether or not successive, or              

                                                                                

24  during an established and customary vacation period or holiday              

                                                                                

25  recess.  However, when benefits are paid based on service with 1            

                                                                                

26  or more base period employers other than an educational                     

                                                                                

27  institution, the individual's weekly benefit rate shall be                  


                                                                                

1   calculated in accordance with subsection (b)(1) but during the              

                                                                                

2   denial period the individual's weekly benefit payment shall be              

                                                                                

3   reduced by the portion of the payment attributable to base period           

                                                                                

4   wages paid by an educational institution and the account or                 

                                                                                

5   experience account of the educational institution shall not be              

                                                                                

6   charged for benefits payable to the individual.  When a denial of           

                                                                                

7   benefits under subdivision (1) is no longer applicable, benefits            

                                                                                

8   shall be paid and charged on the basis of base period wages with            

                                                                                

9   each of the base period employers including the educational                 

                                                                                

10  institution.                                                                

                                                                                

11      (8) For the purposes of this subsection, "academic year"                    

                                                                                

12  means that period, as defined by the educational institution,               

                                                                                

13  when classes are in session for that length of time required for            

                                                                                

14  students to receive sufficient instruction or earn sufficient               

                                                                                

15  credit to complete academic requirements for a particular grade             

                                                                                

16  level or to complete instruction in a noncredit course.                     

                                                                                

17      (9) In accordance with subdivisions (1), (2), and (3),                      

                                                                                

18  benefits for any week of unemployment shall be denied to an                 

                                                                                

19  individual who performed services described in subdivision (1),             

                                                                                

20  (2), or (3) in an educational institution while in the employ of            

                                                                                

21  an educational service agency.  For the purpose of this                     

                                                                                

22  subdivision, "educational service agency" means a governmental              

                                                                                

23  agency or governmental entity that is established and operated              

                                                                                

24  exclusively for the purpose of providing the services to 1 or               

                                                                                

25  more educational institutions.                                              

                                                                                

26      (j) Benefits shall not be paid to an individual on the basis                

                                                                                

27  of any base period services, substantially all of which consist             


                                                                                

1   of participating in sports or athletic events or training or                

                                                                                

2   preparing to participate, for a week that commences during the              

                                                                                

3   period between 2 successive sport seasons or similar periods if             

                                                                                

4   the individual performed the services in the first of the seasons           

                                                                                

5   or similar periods and there is a reasonable assurance that the             

                                                                                

6   individual will perform the services in the later of the seasons            

                                                                                

7   or similar periods.                                                         

                                                                                

8       (k)(1) Benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services               

                                                                                

9   performed by an alien unless the alien is an individual who was             

                                                                                

10  lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time the                   

                                                                                

11  services were performed, was lawfully present for the purpose of            

                                                                                

12  performing the services, or was permanently residing in the                 

                                                                                

13  United States under color of law at the time the services were              

                                                                                

14  performed, including an alien who was lawfully present in the               

                                                                                

15  United States under  section 212(d)(5) of the immigration and               

                                                                                

16  nationality act, chapter 477, 66 Stat. 182, 8 U.S.C. 1182  8 USC            

                                                                                

17  1182(d)(5).                                                                 

                                                                                

18      (2) Any data or information required of individuals applying                

                                                                                

19  for benefits to determine whether benefits are payable because of           

                                                                                

20  their alien status are uniformly required from all applicants for           

                                                                                

21  benefits.                                                                   

                                                                                

22      (3) Where an individual whose application for benefits would                

                                                                                

23  otherwise be approved, a determination that benefits to that                

                                                                                

24  individual are not payable because of the individual's alien                

                                                                                

25  status shall not be made except upon a preponderance of the                 

                                                                                

26  evidence.                                                                   

                                                                                

27      (m)(1) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment                    


                                                                                

1   compensation under this act, at the time of filing the claim,               

                                                                                

2   shall disclose whether the individual owes child support                    

                                                                                

3   obligations as defined in this subsection.  If an individual                

                                                                                

4   discloses that he or she owes child support obligations and is              

                                                                                

5   determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation, the                

                                                                                

6   commission shall notify the state or local child support                    

                                                                                

7   enforcement agency enforcing the obligation that the individual             

                                                                                

8   has been determined to be eligible for unemployment                         

                                                                                

9   compensation.                                                               

                                                                                

10      (2) Notwithstanding section 30, the commission shall deduct                 

                                                                                

11  and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an               

                                                                                

12  individual who owes child support obligations by using whichever            

                                                                                

13  of the following methods results in the greatest amount:                    

                                                                                

14      (a) The amount, if any, specified by the individual to be                   

                                                                                

15  deducted and withheld under this subdivision.                               

                                                                                

16      (b) The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement                 

                                                                                

17  submitted to the commission under  section 454(19)(B)(i) of                 

                                                                                

18  part D of title IV of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. 654  42            

                                                                                

19  USC 654(19)(B)(i), by the state or local child support                      

                                                                                

20  enforcement agency.                                                         

                                                                                

21      (c) Any amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld               

                                                                                

22  from unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process, as that           

                                                                                

23  term is defined in  section 462(e) of part D of title IV of the             

                                                                                

24  social security act, 42 U.S.C. 662  42 USC 659(i)(5), properly              

                                                                                

25  served upon the commission.                                                 

                                                                                

26      (3) The amount of unemployment compensation subject to                      

                                                                                

27  deduction under subdivision (2) is that portion that remains                


                                                                                

1   payable to the individual after application of the recoupment               

                                                                                

2   provisions of section 62(a) and the reduction provisions of                 

                                                                                

3   subsections (c) and (f).                                                    

                                                                                

4       (4) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (2)                  

                                                                                

5   shall be paid by the commission to the appropriate state or local           

                                                                                

6   child support enforcement agency.                                           

                                                                                

7       (5) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (2)                  

                                                                                

8   shall be treated for all purposes as if it were paid to the                 

                                                                                

9   individual as unemployment compensation and paid by the                     

                                                                                

10  individual to the state or local child support enforcement agency           

                                                                                

11  in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations.              

                                                                                

12      (6) This subsection applies only if the state or local child                

                                                                                

13  support enforcement agency agrees in writing to reimburse and               

                                                                                

14  does reimburse the commission for the administrative costs                  

                                                                                

15  incurred by the commission under this subsection that are                   

                                                                                

16  attributable to child support obligations being enforced by the             

                                                                                

17  state or local child support enforcement agency.  The                       

                                                                                

18  administrative costs incurred shall be determined by the                    

                                                                                

19  commission.  The commission, in its discretion, may require                 

                                                                                

20  payment of administrative costs in advance.                                 

                                                                                

21      (7) As used in this subsection:                                             

                                                                                

22      (a) "Unemployment compensation", for purposes of                            

                                                                                

23  subdivisions (1)  through  to (5), means any compensation payable           

                                                                                

24  under this act, including amounts payable by the commission                 

                                                                                

25  pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for                

                                                                                

26  compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to                     

                                                                                

27  unemployment.                                                               


                                                                                

1       (b) "Child support obligations" includes only obligations                   

                                                                                

2   that are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in                     

                                                                                

3   section 454 of part D of title IV of the social security act,              

                                                                                

4   42  U.S.C.  USC 654, that has been approved by the secretary of             

                                                                                

5   health and human services under  part D of title IV of the social           

                                                                                

6   security act, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620,  42  U.S.C.  USC 651 to            

                                                                                

7   655, 656 to 660, and 663 to 669b.                                           

                                                                                

8       (c) "State or local child support enforcement agency" means                 

                                                                                

9   any agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state           

                                                                                

10  operating pursuant to a plan described in subparagraph (b).                 

                                                                                

11      (n) Subsection (i)(2) applies to services performed by school               

                                                                                

12  bus drivers employed by a private contributing employer holding a           

                                                                                

13  contractual relationship with an educational institution, but               

                                                                                

14  only if at least 75% of the individual's base period wages with             

                                                                                

15  that employer are attributable to services performed as a school            

                                                                                

16  bus driver.                                                                 

                                                                                

17      (o)(1) For weeks of unemployment beginning after July 1,                    

                                                                                

18  1996, unemployment benefits based on services by a seasonal                 

                                                                                

19  worker performed in seasonal employment shall be payable only for           

                                                                                

20  weeks of unemployment that occur during the normal seasonal work            

                                                                                

21  period.  Benefits shall not be paid based on services performed             

                                                                                

22  in seasonal employment for any week of unemployment beginning               

                                                                                

23  after March 28, 1996 that begins during the period between 2                

                                                                                

24  successive normal seasonal work periods to any individual if that           

                                                                                

25  individual performs the service in the first of the normal                  

                                                                                

26  seasonal work periods and if there is a reasonable assurance that           

                                                                                

27  the individual will perform the service for a seasonal employer             


                                                                                

1   in the second of the normal seasonal work periods.  If benefits             

                                                                                

2   are denied to an individual for any week solely as a result of              

                                                                                

3   this subsection and the individual is not offered an opportunity            

                                                                                

4   to perform in the second normal seasonal work period for which              

                                                                                

5   reasonable assurance of employment had been given, the individual           

                                                                                

6   is entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits under this                 

                                                                                

7   subsection for each week that the individual previously filed a             

                                                                                

8   timely claim for benefits.  An individual may apply for any                 

                                                                                

9   retroactive benefits under this subsection in accordance with               

                                                                                

10  R 421.210 of the Michigan administrative code.                              

                                                                                

11      (2) Not less than 20 days before the estimated beginning date               

                                                                                

12  of a normal seasonal work period, an employer may apply to the              

                                                                                

13  commission in writing for designation as a seasonal employer.  At           

                                                                                

14  the time of application, the employer shall conspicuously display           

                                                                                

15  a copy of the application on the employer's premises.  Within 90            

                                                                                

16  days after receipt of the application, the commission shall                 

                                                                                

17  determine if the employer is a seasonal employer.  A                        

                                                                                

18  determination or redetermination of the commission concerning the           

                                                                                

19  status of an employer as a seasonal employer, or a decision of a            

                                                                                

20  referee or the board of review, or of the courts of this state              

                                                                                

21  concerning the status of an employer as a seasonal employer,                

                                                                                

22  which has become final, together with the record thereof, may be            

                                                                                

23  introduced in any proceeding involving a claim for benefits, and            

                                                                                

24  the facts found and decision issued in the determination,                   

                                                                                

25  redetermination, or decision shall be conclusive unless                     

                                                                                

26  substantial evidence to the contrary is introduced by or on                 

                                                                                

27  behalf of the claimant.                                                     


                                                                                

1       (3) If the employer is determined to be a seasonal employer,                

                                                                                

2   the employer shall conspicuously display on its premises a notice           

                                                                                

3   of the determination and the beginning and ending dates of the              

                                                                                

4   employer's normal seasonal work periods.  The notice shall be               

                                                                                

5   furnished by the commission.  The notice shall additionally                 

                                                                                

6   specify that an employee must timely apply for unemployment                 

                                                                                

7   benefits at the end of a first seasonal work period to preserve             

                                                                                

8   his or her right to receive retroactive unemployment benefits  in           

                                                                                

9   the event that  if he or she is not reemployed by the seasonal              

                                                                                

10  employer in the second of the normal seasonal work periods.                 

                                                                                

11      (4) The commission may issue a determination terminating an                 

                                                                                

12  employer's status as a seasonal employer on the commission's own            

                                                                                

13  motion for good cause, or upon the written request of the                   

                                                                                

14  employer.  A termination determination under this subdivision               

                                                                                

15  terminates an employer's status as a seasonal employer, and shall           

                                                                                

16  become effective on the beginning date of the normal seasonal               

                                                                                

17  work period that would have immediately followed the date the               

                                                                                

18  commission issues the determination.  A determination under this            

                                                                                

19  subdivision is subject to review in the same manner and to the              

                                                                                

20  same extent as any other determination under this act.                      

                                                                                

21      (5) An employer whose status as a seasonal employer is                      

                                                                                

22  terminated under subdivision (4) may not reapply for a seasonal             

                                                                                

23  employer status determination until after a regularly recurring             

                                                                                

24  normal seasonal work period has begun and ended.                            

                                                                                

25      (6) If a seasonal employer informs an employee who received                 

                                                                                

26  assurance of being rehired that, despite the assurance, the                 

                                                                                

27  employee will not be rehired at the beginning of the employer's             


                                                                                

1   next normal seasonal work period, this subsection shall not                 

                                                                                

2   prevent the employee from receiving unemployment benefits in the            

                                                                                

3   same manner and to the same extent he or she would receive                  

                                                                                

4   benefits under this act from an employer who has not been                   

                                                                                

5   determined to be a seasonal employer.                                       

                                                                                

6       (7) A successor of a seasonal employer is considered to be a                

                                                                                

7   seasonal employer unless the successor provides the commission,             

                                                                                

8   within 120 days after the transfer, with a written request for              

                                                                                

9   termination of its status as a seasonal employer in accordance              

                                                                                

10  with subdivision (4).                                                       

                                                                                

11      (8) At the time an employee is hired by a seasonal employer,                

                                                                                

12  the employer shall notify the employee in writing whether the               

                                                                                

13  employee will be a seasonal worker.  The employer shall provide             

                                                                                

14  the worker with written notice of any subsequent change in the              

                                                                                

15  employee's status as a seasonal worker.  If an employee of a                

                                                                                

16  seasonal employer is denied benefits because that employee is a             

                                                                                

17  seasonal worker, the employee may contest that designation in               

                                                                                

18  accordance with section 32a.                                                

                                                                                

19      (9) As used in this subsection:                                             

                                                                                

20      (a) "Construction industry" means the work activity                         

                                                                                

21  designated in sector group 23 -- construction of the North                  

                                                                                

22  American classification system -- United States office of                   

                                                                                

23  management and budget, 1997 edition.                                        

                                                                                

24      (b) "Normal seasonal work period" means that period or those                

                                                                                

25  periods of time determined pursuant to rules promulgated by the             

                                                                                

26  commission during which an individual is employed in seasonal               

                                                                                

27  employment.                                                                 


                                                                                

1       (c) "Seasonal employment" means the employment of 1 or more                 

                                                                                

2   individuals primarily hired to perform services in an industry,             

                                                                                

3   other than the construction industry, that does either of the               

                                                                                

4   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

5       (1) Customarily operates during regularly recurring periods                 

                                                                                

6   of 26 weeks or less in any 52-consecutive-week period.                      

                                                                                

7       (2) Customarily employs at least 50% of its employees for                   

                                                                                

8   regularly recurring periods of 26 weeks or less within a period             

                                                                                

9   of 52 consecutive weeks.                                                    

                                                                                

10      (d) "Seasonal employer" means an employer, other than an                    

                                                                                

11  employer in the construction industry, who applies to the                   

                                                                                

12  commission for designation as a seasonal employer and who the               

                                                                                

13  commission determines to be an employer whose operations and                

                                                                                

14  business are substantially engaged in seasonal employment.                  

                                                                                

15      (e) "Seasonal worker" means a worker who has been paid wages                

                                                                                

16  by a seasonal employer for work performed only during the normal            

                                                                                

17  seasonal work period.                                                       

                                                                                

18      (10) If this subsection is found by the United States                       

                                                                                

19  department of labor to be contrary to the federal unemployment              

                                                                                

20  tax act,  chapter 23 of the internal revenue code of 1986,  26              

                                                                                

21  U.S.C.  USC 3301 to 3311, or the social security act, chapter              

                                                                                

22  531, 49 Stat. 620, and if conformity with the federal law is                

                                                                                

23  required as a condition for full tax credit against the tax                 

                                                                                

24  imposed under the federal unemployment tax act or as a condition            

                                                                                

25  for receipt by the commission of federal administrative grant               

                                                                                

26  funds under the social security act, this subsection shall be               

                                                                                

27  invalid.                                                                    


                                                                                

1       (p) Benefits shall not be paid to an individual based upon                  

                                                                                

2   his or her services as a school crossing guard for any week of              

                                                                                

3   unemployment that begins between 2 successive academic years or             

                                                                                

4   terms, if that individual performs the services of a school                 

                                                                                

5   crossing guard in the first of the academic years or terms and              

                                                                                

6   has a reasonable assurance that he or she will perform those                

                                                                                

7   services in the second of the academic years or terms.                      

                                                                                

8       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect April                 

                                                                                

9   4, 2004.