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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
July 7, 2011 - Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Kapanke, Ellis, Schultz,
Darling, Cowles
and S. Fitzgerald, cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg
and Endsley. Referred to Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban
Affairs.
SB147,1,3 1An Act to amend 108.141 (1) (e) and 108.141 (1) (f) 3. b.; and to create 108.141
2(1) (f) 4. of the statutes; relating to: payment of extended unemployment
3insurance benefits during certain periods in this state.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, the maximum number of weeks of unemployment insurance benefits
that an eligible claimant may qualify to receive is normally 26 weeks. However,
during certain periods of high unemployment in this state, as defined by law, a
claimant who has exhausted all of his or her rights to receive benefits in a given
benefit year (period during which benefits are payable to a claimant) may potentially
qualify to receive up to 13 weeks of "extended benefits," the cost of which, with certain
exceptions, is normally shared between the federal government and employers in
this state. Under recent federal legislation, the employer share is also paid by the
federal government for private employers, including nonprofit organization
employers but not including Indian tribal employers, during certain periods. For
extended benefits to be paid in this state, there must be a Wisconsin "on" indicator,
which is currently determined by calculating the rates of total or insured
unemployment for various periods under one of three methods.
This bill adds a fourth method of determining a Wisconsin "on" indicator, which
applies only for so long as the method is permitted under federal law and full federal
funding is provided (currently, for claims filed before January 4, 2012). Under this
method, 1) the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of the week
in which the determination is made and the 12 preceding weeks must equal or exceed

120 percent of the average of such rates for the corresponding 13-week periods
ending in each of the preceding 3 calendar years and must equal or exceed 5 percent;
or 2) the average rate of seasonally adjusted total unemployment for the period
consisting of the most recent 3 months for which national data is available must
equal or exceed 6.5 percent and must equal or exceed 110 percent of the average for
any of the corresponding 3-month periods ending in the 3 preceding calendar years.
Under the bill, if this state begins or extends an extended benefit period as a result
of this "on" indicator, extended benefits are payable retroactively to qualifying
claimants with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after December
17, 2010.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB147, s. 1 1Section 1. 108.141 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB147,2,42 108.141 (1) (e) There Except with respect to any week described in par. (f) 4.,
3there
is a Wisconsin "off" indicator for a week if, for the period consisting of that week
4and the immediately preceding 12 weeks, there is not a Wisconsin "on" indicator.
SB147, s. 2 5Section 2. 108.141 (1) (f) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB147,2,116 108.141 (1) (f) 3. b. The average rate of total unemployment in this state,
7seasonally adjusted, as determined by the U.S. secretary of labor for the period
8consisting of the most recent 3 months for which data for all states are published
9before the close of that week equals or exceeds 110 percent of the average for either
10or both of the corresponding 3-month periods ending in the 2 preceding calendar
11years.; or
SB147, s. 3 12Section 3. 108.141 (1) (f) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB147,3,213 108.141 (1) (f) 4. With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after
14the date of enactment of P.L. 111-312 and ending on or before the earlier of the latest
15date permitted under federal law or the end of the 4th week prior to the last week

1in which federal sharing is provided as authorized by section 2005 (a) of P.L. 111-5
2and any amendments to such federal laws:
SB147,3,63 a. The rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and
4the immediately preceding 12 weeks equaled or exceeded 120 percent of the average
5of such rates for the corresponding 13-week periods ending in each of the preceding
63 calendar years, and equaled or exceeded 5 percent; or
SB147,3,117 b. The average rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, as determined
8by the U.S. secretary of labor, for the period consisting of the most recent 3 months
9for which data for all states are published before the close of that week equals or
10exceeds 6.5 percent and equals or exceeds 110 percent of the average for any of the
11corresponding 3-month periods ending in the preceding 3 calendar years.
SB147, s. 4 12Section 4. Initial applicability.
SB147,3,1413 (1) This act first applies retroactively with respect to weeks of unemployment
14beginning on or after December 17, 2010.
SB147,3,1515 (End)
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