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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 10,
TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 576
October 23, 2001 - Offered by Representative Boyle.
AB576-AA10,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
AB576-AA10,1,3 21. Page 1, line 5: after "program" insert ", the maximum duration of
3unemployment insurance benefits payable to certain employees,".
AB576-AA10,1,4 42. Page 5, line 2: after that line insert:
AB576-AA10,1,5 5" Section 5k. 108.02 (25c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB576-AA10,1,86 108.02 (25c) Tourism industry. "Tourism industry" means businesses that
7serve members of the traveling public, including restaurant, lodging, and
8transportation businesses.
AB576-AA10, s. 5L 9Section 5L. 108.06 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 108.06 (1) (intro.) and
10amended to read:
AB576-AA10,2,911 108.06 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (6) and ss. 108.141 and 108.142,
12no claimant may receive total benefits based on employment in a base period greater
13than 26 the maximum number of weeks specified in this subsection times the

1claimant's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) or 40% of the claimant's base period
2wages, whichever is lower. Except as provided in sub. (6) and ss. 108.141 and
3108.142, if a claimant's base period wages are reduced or canceled under s. 108.04
4(5), (7), (8) (a) or (18), or suspended under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (10) (a) or (17), the claimant
5may not receive total benefits based on employment in a base period greater than 26
6the maximum number of weeks specified in this subsection times the claimant's
7weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) or 40% of the base period wages not reduced,
8canceled or suspended which were paid or payable to the claimant, whichever is
9lower. The maximum number of weeks is:
AB576-AA10, s. 5m 10Section 5m. 108.06 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are created to read:
AB576-AA10,2,1411 108.06 (1) (a) Except as provided in sub. (7), for benefit years of claimants who
12were employed by an employer in the tourism industry on September 11, 2001, and
13in which the claimant's initial week of unemployment begins during the period
14beginning on September 8, 2001 and ending on December 29, 2002, 39 weeks.
AB576-AA10,2,1515 (b) For other benefit years, 26 weeks.
AB576-AA10, s. 5n 16Section 5n. 108.06 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB576-AA10,2,2017 108.06 (7) If a claimant is not totally or partially unemployed prior to
18September 12, 2001 or after December 31, 2002, the maximum number of weeks of
19benefits payable to that claimant is 26 weeks, except as provided in sub. (6) and ss.
20108.141 and 108.142.".
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