Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 5/21/2020
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 471




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 471 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 5. The Illinois Works Jobs Program Act is amended 
5by changing Section 20-25 as follows:

6 (30 ILCS 559/20-25)

7 Sec. 20-25. The Illinois Works Review Panel. 
8 (a) The Illinois Works Review Panel is created and shall be 
9comprised of 25 members, each serving 3-year terms. The Speaker 
10of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 
11shall each appoint 5 members within 30 days after the effective 
12date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. The 
13Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the 
14Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint 5 members 
15within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
16of the 101st General Assembly. The Director of Commerce and 
 
 
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1Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, shall serve as a 
2member. The Governor shall appoint the following individuals to 
3serve as members within 30 days after the effective date of 
4this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly: a 
5representative from a contractor organization; a 
6representative from a labor organization; and 2 members of the 
7public with workforce development expertise, one of whom shall 
8be a representative of a nonprofit organization that addresses 
9workforce development. 
10 (b) The members of the Illinois Works Review Panel shall 
11make recommendations to the Department regarding 
12identification and evaluation of community-based 
13organizations. 
14 (c) The Illinois Works Review Panel shall meet, at least 
15quarterly, to review and evaluate (i) the Illinois Works 
16Preapprenticeship Program and the Illinois Works 
17Apprenticeship Initiative, (ii) ideas to diversify the trainee 
18corps in the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program and the 
19workforce in the construction industry in Illinois, (iii) ideas 
20to increase diversity in active apprenticeship programs in 
21Illinois, and (iv) workforce demographic data collected by the 
22Illinois Department of Labor. The Illinois Works Review Panel 
23shall hold its initial meeting no later than 45 days after the 
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General 
25Assembly. 
26 (d) All State contracts and grant agreements funding State 
 
 
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1contracts shall include a requirement that the contractor and 
2subcontractor shall, upon reasonable notice, appear before and 
3respond to requests for information from the Illinois Works 
4Review Panel. 
5 (e) By August 1, 2020, and every August 1 thereafter, the 
6Illinois Works Review Panel shall report to the General 
7Assembly on its evaluation of the Illinois Works 
8Preapprenticeship Program and the Illinois Works 
9Apprenticeship Initiative, including any recommended 
10modifications.

11(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-601, eff. 12-10-19.)

12 Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 
13changing Sections 5-144, 5-153, 6-140, and 6-150 as follows:




14 (40 ILCS 5/5-144) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-144)



15 Sec. 5-144. Death from injury in the performance of acts of 
16duty;
compensation annuity and supplemental annuity.
17 (a) Beginning January 1, 1986, and without regard to 
18whether or not the
annuity in question began before that date, 
19if the annuity for the widow of a
policeman whose death, on or 
20after January 1, 1940, results from injury
incurred in the 
21performance of an act or acts of duty, is not equal to the sum

22hereinafter stated, "compensation annuity" equal to the 
23difference between the
annuity and an amount equal to 75% of 
24the policeman's salary attached to the
position he held by 
 
 
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1certification and appointment as a result of competitive
civil 
2service examination that would ordinarily have been paid to him 
3as though
he were in active discharge of his duties shall be 
4payable to the widow until
the policeman, had he lived, would 
5have attained age 63. The total amount of
the widow's annuity 
6and children's awards payable to the family of such
policeman 
7shall not exceed the amounts stated in Section 5-152.

8 For the purposes of this Section only, the death of any 
9policeman as a result of the exposure to and contraction of 
10COVID-19, as evidenced by either (i) a confirmed positive 
11laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies or (ii) a 
12confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed medical 
13professional, shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
14contracted while in the performance of an act or acts of duty 
15and the policeman shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
16fatally injured while in active service. The presumption shall 
17apply to any policeman who was exposed to and contracted 
18COVID-19 on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before December 
1931, 2020; except that the presumption shall not apply if the 
20policeman was on a leave of absence from his or her employment 
21or otherwise not required to report for duty for a period of 14 
22or more consecutive days immediately prior to the date of 
23contraction of COVID-19. For the purposes of determining when a 
24policeman contracted COVID-19 under this paragraph, the date of 
25contraction is either the date that the policeman was diagnosed 
26with COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were 
 
 
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1later diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever occurred first. 
2 The provisions of this Section, as amended by Public Act 
384-1104, including
the reference to the date upon which the 
4deceased policeman would have attained
age 63, shall apply to 
5all widows of policemen whose death occurs on or after
January 
61, 1940 due to injury incurred in the performance of an act of 
7duty,
regardless of whether such death occurred prior to 
8September 17, 1969. For
those widows of policemen that died 
9prior to September 17, 1969, who became
eligible for 
10compensation annuity by the action of Public Act 84-1104, such

11compensation annuity shall begin and be calculated from January 
121, 1986. The
provisions of this amendatory Act of 1987 are 
13intended to restate and clarify
the intent of Public Act 
1484-1104, and do not make any substantive change.

15 (b) Upon termination of the compensation annuity, 
16"supplemental annuity"
shall become payable to the widow, equal 
17to the difference between the annuity
for the widow and an 
18amount equal to 75% of the annual salary
(including all salary 
19increases and longevity raises) that the policeman would
have 
20been receiving when he attained age 63 if the policeman had 
21continued in
service at the same rank (whether career service 
22or exempt) that he last held
in the police department. The 
23increase in supplemental annuity resulting from
this 
24amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly applies without

25regard to whether the deceased policeman was in service on or 
26after the
effective date of this amendatory Act and is payable 
 
 
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1from July 1, 2002 or the
date upon which the supplemental 
2annuity begins,
whichever is later.

3 (c) Neither compensation nor supplemental annuity shall be 
4paid unless the
death of the policeman was a direct result of 
5the injury, or the injury was
of such character as to prevent 
6him from subsequently resuming service as a
policeman; nor 
7shall compensation or supplemental annuity be paid unless the

8widow was the wife of the policeman when the injury occurred.

9(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)





10 (40 ILCS 5/5-153) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-153)



11 Sec. 5-153. Death benefit. 
12 (a) Effective January 1, 1962, an ordinary death benefit is 
13payable
on account of any policeman in service and in receipt 
14of salary on or
after such date, which benefit is in addition 
15to all other annuities and
benefits herein provided. This 
16benefit is payable upon death of a
policeman:

17  (1) occurring in active service while in receipt of 
18 salary;

19  (2) on an authorized and approved leave of absence, 
20 without salary,
beginning on or after January 1, 1962, if 
21 the death occurs within 60
days from the date the employee 
22 was in receipt of salary; or otherwise
in the service and 
23 not separated by resignation or discharge beginning

24 January 1, 1962 if death occurs before his resignation or 
25 discharge from
the service;

 
 
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1  (3) receiving duty disability or ordinary disability 
2 benefit;

3  (4) occurring within 60 days from the date of 
4 termination of duty
disability or ordinary disability 
5 benefit payments if re-entry into
service had not occurred; 
6 or

7  (5) occurring on retirement and while in receipt of an 
8 age and
service annuity, Tier 2 monthly retirement annuity, 
9 or prior service annuity; provided (a) retirement on such

10 annuity occurred on or after January 1, 1962, and (b) such 
11 separation
from service was effective on or after the 
12 policeman's attainment of age
50, and (c) application for 
13 such annuity was made within 60 days after
separation from 
14 service.

15 (b) The ordinary death benefit is payable to such 
16beneficiary or
beneficiaries as the policeman has nominated by 
17written direction duly
signed and acknowledged before an 
18officer authorized to take
acknowledgments, and filed with the 
19board. If no such written direction
has been filed or if the 
20designated beneficiaries do not survive the
policeman, payment 
21of the benefit shall be made to his estate.

22 (c) Until December 31, 1977, if death occurs prior to 
23retirement on annuity
and before the
policeman's attainment of 
24age 50, the amount of the benefit payable is
$6,000. If death 
25occurs prior to retirement, at age 50 or over, the
benefit of 
26$6,000 shall be reduced $400 for each year (commencing on the

 
 
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1policeman's attainment of age 50, and thereafter on each 
2succeeding
birthdate) that the policeman's age, at date of 
3death, is more than age
50, but in no event below the amount of 
4$2,000. However, if death
results from injury incurred in the 
5performance of an act or acts of
duty, prior to retirement on 
6annuity, the amount of the benefit payable
is $6,000 
7notwithstanding the age attained.

8 Until December 31, 1977, if the policeman's death occurs 
9while he is in
receipt of an annuity,
the benefit is $2,000 if 
10retirement was effective upon attainment of age
55 or greater. 
11If the policeman retired at age 50 or over and before age
55, 
12the benefit of $2,000 shall be reduced $100 for each year or

13fraction of a year that the policeman's age at retirement was 
14less than
age 55 to a minimum payment of $1,500.

15 After December 31, 1977, and on or before January 1, 1986, 
16if death
occurs prior to retirement on annuity
and before the 
17policeman's attainment of age 50, the amount of the benefit

18payable is $7,000. If death occurs prior to retirement, at age 
1950 or over,
the benefit of $7,000 shall be reduced $400 for 
20each year (commencing on
the policeman's attainment of age 50, 
21and thereafter on each succeeding
birthdate) that the 
22policeman's age, at date of death, is more than age
50, but in 
23no event below the amount of $3,000. However, if death results

24from injury incurred in the performance of an act or acts of 
25duty, prior
to retirement on annuity, the amount of the benefit 
26payable is $7,000 notwithstanding
the age attained.

 
 
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1 After December 31, 1977, and on or before January 1, 1986, 
2if the
policeman's death occurs while he is in
receipt of an 
3annuity, the benefit is $2,250 if retirement was effective
upon 
4attainment of age 55 or greater. If the policeman retired at 
5age 50
or over and before age 55, the benefit of $2,250 shall 
6be reduced $100 for
each year or fraction of a year that the 
7policeman's age at retirement was
less than age 55 to a minimum 
8payment of $1,750.

9 After January 1, 1986, if death occurs prior to retirement 
10on annuity and
before the policeman's attainment of age 50, the 
11amount of benefit payable
is $12,000. If death occurs prior to 
12retirement, at age 50 or over, the
benefit of $12,000 shall be 
13reduced $400 for each year (commencing on the
policeman's 
14attainment of age 50, and thereafter on each succeeding

15birthdate) that the policeman's age, at date of death, is more 
16than age 50,
but in no event below the amount of $6,000. 
17However, if death results from
injury in the performance of an 
18act or acts of duty, prior to retirement on
annuity, the amount 
19of benefit payable is $12,000 notwithstanding the age attained.

20 After January 1, 1986, if the policeman's death occurs 
21while he is in
receipt of an annuity, the benefit is $6,000.

22 (d) For the purposes of this Section only, the death of any 
23policeman as a result of the exposure to and contraction of 
24COVID-19, as evidenced by either (i) a confirmed positive 
25laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies or (ii) a 
26confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed medical 
 
 
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1professional, shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
2contracted while in the performance of an act or acts of duty 
3and the policeman shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
4fatally injured while in active service. The presumption shall 
5apply to any policeman who was exposed to and contracted 
6COVID-19 on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before December 
731, 2020; except that the presumption shall not apply if the 
8policeman was on a leave of absence from his or her employment 
9or otherwise not required to report for duty for a period of 14 
10or more consecutive days immediately prior to the date of 
11contraction of COVID-19. For the purposes of determining when a 
12policeman contracted COVID-19 under this subsection, the date 
13of contraction is either the date that the policeman was 
14diagnosed with COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms 
15that were later diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever occurred 
16first. 
17(Source: P.A. 99-905, eff. 11-29-16.)





18 (40 ILCS 5/6-140) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-140)



19 Sec. 6-140. Death in the line of duty. 

20 (a) The annuity for the widow of a fireman whose death 
21results from
the performance of an act or acts of duty shall be 
22an amount equal to 50% of
the current annual salary attached to 
23the classified position to which the
fireman was certified at 
24the time of his death and 75% thereof after
December 31, 1972.

25 Unless the performance of an act or acts of duty results 
 
 
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1directly in the
death of the fireman, or prevents him from 
2subsequently resuming active
service in the fire department, 
3the annuity herein provided shall not be
paid; nor shall such 
4annuities be paid unless the widow was the wife of the
fireman 
5at the time of the act or acts of duty which resulted in his 
6death.

7 For the purposes of this Section only, the death of any 
8fireman as a result of the exposure to and contraction of 
9COVID-19, as evidenced by either (i) a confirmed positive 
10laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies or (ii) a 
11confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed medical 
12professional, shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
13contracted while in the performance of an act or acts of duty 
14and the fireman shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
15fatally injured while in active service. The presumption shall 
16apply to any fireman who was exposed to and contracted COVID-19 
17on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before December 31, 2020; 
18except that the presumption shall not apply if the fireman was 
19on a leave of absence from his or her employment or otherwise 
20not required to report for duty for a period of 14 or more 
21consecutive days immediately prior to the date of contraction 
22of COVID-19. For the purposes of determining when a fireman 
23contracted COVID-19 under this paragraph, the date of 
24contraction is either the date that the fireman was diagnosed 
25with COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were 
26later diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever occurred first. 
 
 
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1 (b) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act 
2of the 92nd
General Assembly apply without regard to whether 
3the deceased fireman was in
service on or after the effective 
4date of this amendatory Act. In the case of
a widow receiving 
5an annuity under this Section that has been reduced to 40%
of 
6current salary because the fireman, had he lived, would have 
7attained the
age prescribed for compulsory retirement, the 
8annuity shall be restored to the
amount provided in subsection 
9(a), with the increase beginning to accrue on
the later of 
10January 1, 2001 or the day the annuity first became payable.

11(Source: P.A. 92-50, eff. 7-12-01.)





12 (40 ILCS 5/6-150) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-150)



13 Sec. 6-150. Death benefit.
14 (a) Effective January 1, 1962, an ordinary death benefit 
15shall
be payable on account of any fireman in service and in 
16receipt of salary on
or after such date, which benefit shall be 
17in addition to all other
annuities and benefits herein 
18provided. This benefit shall be payable upon
death of a 
19fireman:

20  (1) occurring in active service while in receipt of 
21 salary;

22  (2) on an authorized and approved leave of absence, 
23 without salary,
beginning on or after January 1, 1962, if 
24 the death occurs within 60 days
from the date the fireman 
25 was in receipt of salary;

 
 
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1  (3) receiving duty, occupational disease, or ordinary 
2 disability
benefit;

3  (4) occurring within 60 days from the date of 
4 termination of duty
disability, occupational disease 
5 disability or ordinary disability benefit
payments if 
6 re-entry into service had not occurred; or

7  (5) occurring on retirement and while in receipt of an 
8 age and service annuity,
prior service annuity, Tier 2 
9 monthly retirement annuity, or minimum annuity; provided 
10 (a) retirement on such
annuity occurred on or after January 
11 1, 1962, and (b) such separation from
service was effective 
12 on or after the fireman's attainment of age 50, and
(c) 
13 application for such annuity was made within 60 days after 
14 separation
from service.

15 (b) The ordinary death benefit shall be payable to such 
16beneficiary or
beneficiaries as the fireman has nominated by 
17written direction duly signed
and acknowledged before an 
18officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and
filed with the 
19board. If no such written direction has been filed or if the

20designated beneficiaries do not survive the fireman, payment of 
21the benefit
shall be made to his estate.

22 (c) Beginning July 1, 1983, if death occurs prior to 
23retirement on
annuity and before the
fireman's attainment of 
24age 50, the amount of the benefit payable shall be
$12,000. 
25Beginning July 1, 1983, if death occurs prior
to retirement, at 
26age 50 or over, the benefit
of $12,000 shall be reduced $400 
 
 
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1for each year
(commencing on the fireman's
attainment of age 50 
2and thereafter on each succeeding birth date) that the

3fireman's age, at date of death, is more than age 49, but in no 
4event below
the amount of $6,000.

5 Beginning July 1, 1983, if the fireman's death occurs while 
6he is in
receipt of an annuity, the
benefit shall be $6,000.

7 (d) For the purposes of this Section only, the death of any 
8fireman as a result of the exposure to and contraction of 
9COVID-19, as evidenced by either (i) a confirmed positive 
10laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies or (ii) a 
11confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed medical 
12professional, shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
13contracted while in the performance of an act or acts of duty 
14and the fireman shall be rebuttably presumed to have been 
15fatally injured while in active service. The presumption shall 
16apply to any fireman who was exposed to and contracted COVID-19 
17on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before December 31, 2020; 
18except that the presumption shall not apply if the fireman was 
19on a leave of absence from his or her employment or otherwise 
20not required to report for duty for a period of 14 or more 
21consecutive days immediately prior to the date of contraction 
22of COVID-19. For the purposes of determining when a fireman 
23contracted COVID-19 under this subsection, the date of 
24contraction is either the date that the fireman was diagnosed 
25with COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were 
26later diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever occurred first. 
 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 99-905, eff. 11-29-16.)


2 Section 15. The Workers' Occupational Diseases Act is 
3amended by changing Section 1 as follows:




4 (820 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 172.36)


5 Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 
6"Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act".

7 (a) The term "employer" as used in this Act shall be 
8construed to
be:

9  1. The State and each county, city, town, township, 
10 incorporated
village, school district, body politic, or 
11 municipal corporation
therein.

12  2. Every person, firm, public or private corporation, 
13 including
hospitals, public service, eleemosynary, 
14 religious or charitable
corporations or associations, who 
15 has any person in service or under any
contract for hire, 
16 express or implied, oral or written.

17  3. Where an employer operating under and subject to the 
18 provisions
of this Act loans an employee to another such 
19 employer and such loaned
employee sustains a compensable 
20 occupational disease in the employment
of such borrowing 
21 employer and where such borrowing employer does not
provide 
22 or pay the benefits or payments due such employee, such 
23 loaning
employer shall be liable to provide or pay all 
24 benefits or payments due
such employee under this Act and 
 
 
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1 as to such employee the liability of
such loaning and 
2 borrowing employers shall be joint and several,
provided 
3 that such loaning employer shall in the absence of 
4 agreement to
the contrary be entitled to receive from such 
5 borrowing employer full
reimbursement for all sums paid or 
6 incurred pursuant to this paragraph
together with 
7 reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in any hearings

8 before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission or in 
9 any action to secure such
reimbursement. Where any benefit 
10 is provided or paid by such loaning
employer, the employee 
11 shall have the duty of rendering reasonable
co-operation in 
12 any hearings, trials or proceedings in the case,
including 
13 such proceedings for reimbursement.

14  Where an employee files an Application for Adjustment 
15 of Claim with
the Illinois Workers' Compensation 
16 Commission alleging that his or her claim is covered by
the 
17 provisions of the preceding paragraph, and joining both the 
18 alleged
loaning and borrowing employers, they and each of 
19 them, upon written
demand by the employee and within 7 days 
20 after receipt of such demand,
shall have the duty of filing 
21 with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission a 
22 written
admission or denial of the allegation that the 
23 claim is covered by the
provisions of the preceding 
24 paragraph and in default of such filing or
if any such 
25 denial be ultimately determined not to have been bona fide

26 then the provisions of Paragraph K of Section 19 of this 
 
 
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1 Act shall
apply.

2  An employer whose business or enterprise or a 
3 substantial part
thereof consists of hiring, procuring or 
4 furnishing employees to or for
other employers operating 
5 under and subject to the provisions of this
Act for the 
6 performance of the work of such other employers and who 
7 pays
such employees their salary or wage notwithstanding 
8 that they are doing
the work of such other employers shall 
9 be deemed a loaning employer
within the meaning and 
10 provisions of this Section.

11 (b) The term "employee" as used in this Act, shall be 
12construed to
mean:

13  1. Every person in the service of the State, county, 
14 city, town,
township, incorporated village or school 
15 district, body politic or
municipal corporation therein, 
16 whether by election, appointment or
contract of hire, 
17 express or implied, oral or written, including any
official 
18 of the State, or of any county, city, town, township,

19 incorporated village, school district, body politic or 
20 municipal
corporation therein and except any duly 
21 appointed member of the fire
department in any city whose 
22 population exceeds 500,000 according to the
last Federal or 
23 State census, and except any member of a fire insurance

24 patrol maintained by a board of underwriters in this State. 
25 One employed
by a contractor who has contracted with the 
26 State, or a county, city,
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1 village, school district, body politic or
municipal 
2 corporation therein, through its representatives, shall 
3 not be
considered as an employee of the State, county, 
4 city, town, township,
incorporated village, school 
5 district, body politic or municipal
corporation which made 
6 the contract.

7  2. Every person in the service of another under any 
8 contract of
hire, express or implied, oral or written, who 
9 contracts an occupational
disease while working in the 
10 State of Illinois, or who contracts an
occupational disease 
11 while working outside of the State of Illinois but
where 
12 the contract of hire is made within the State of Illinois, 
13 and any
person whose employment is principally localized 
14 within the State of
Illinois, regardless of the place where 
15 the disease was contracted or
place where the contract of 
16 hire was made, including aliens, and minors
who, for the 
17 purpose of this Act, except Section 3 hereof, shall be

18 considered the same and have the same power to contract, 
19 receive
payments and give quittances therefor, as adult 
20 employees. An employee
or his or her dependents under this 
21 Act who shall have a cause of action
by reason of an 
22 occupational disease, disablement or death arising out
of 
23 and in the course of his or her employment may elect or 
24 pursue
his or her remedy in the State where the disease was 
25 contracted, or in the
State where the contract of hire is 
26 made, or in the State where the
employment is principally 
 
 
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1 localized.

2 (c) "Commission" means the Illinois Workers' Compensation 
3Commission created by the
Workers' Compensation Act, approved 
4July 9, 1951, as amended.

5 (d) In this Act the term "Occupational Disease" means a 
6disease
arising out of and in the course of the employment or 
7which has become
aggravated and rendered disabling as a result 
8of the exposure of the
employment. Such aggravation shall arise 
9out of a risk peculiar to or
increased by the employment and 
10not common to the general public.

11 A disease shall be deemed to arise out of the employment if 
12there is
apparent to the rational mind, upon consideration of 
13all the
circumstances, a causal connection between the 
14conditions under which
the work is performed and the 
15occupational disease. The disease need not
to have been 
16foreseen or expected but after its contraction it must
appear 
17to have had its origin or aggravation in a risk connected with

18the employment and to have flowed from that source as a 
19rational
consequence.

20 An employee shall be conclusively deemed to have been 
21exposed to the
hazards of an occupational disease when, for any 
22length of time however
short, he or she is employed in an 
23occupation or process in which the
hazard of the disease 
24exists; provided however, that in a claim of
exposure to atomic 
25radiation, the fact of such exposure must be verified
by the 
26records of the central registry of radiation exposure 
 
 
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1maintained
by the Department of Public Health or by some other 
2recognized
governmental agency maintaining records of such 
3exposures whenever and
to the extent that the records are on 
4file with the Department of Public
Health or the agency.
5 Any injury to or disease or death of an employee arising 
6from the administration of a vaccine, including without 
7limitation smallpox vaccine, to prepare for, or as a response 
8to, a threatened or potential bioterrorist incident to the 
9employee as part of a voluntary inoculation program in 
10connection with the person's employment or in connection with 
11any governmental program or recommendation for the inoculation 
12of workers in the employee's occupation, geographical area, or 
13other category that includes the employee is deemed to arise 
14out of and in the course of the employment for all purposes 
15under this Act. This paragraph added by Public Act 93-829 is 
16declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.

17 The employer liable for the compensation in this Act 
18provided shall
be the employer in whose employment the employee 
19was last exposed to the
hazard of the occupational disease 
20claimed upon regardless of the length
of time of such last 
21exposure, except, in cases of silicosis or
asbestosis, the only 
22employer liable shall be the last employer in whose
employment 
23the employee was last exposed during a period of 60 days or

24more after the effective date of this Act, to the hazard of 
25such
occupational disease, and, in such cases, an exposure 
26during a period of
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1of this Act, shall not be
deemed a last exposure. If a miner 
2who is suffering or suffered from
pneumoconiosis was employed 
3for 10 years or more in one or more coal
mines there shall, 
4effective July 1, 1973 be a rebuttable presumption
that his or 
5her pneumoconiosis arose out of such employment.

6 If a deceased miner was employed for 10 years or more in 
7one or more
coal mines and died from a respirable disease there 
8shall, effective
July 1, 1973, be a rebuttable presumption that 
9his or her death was due
to pneumoconiosis.

10 Any condition or impairment of health of an employee 
11employed as a
firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), 
12emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced 
13emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic which 
14results
directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, 
15lung or respiratory
disease
or
condition, heart
or vascular 
16disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer

17resulting
in any disability (temporary, permanent, total, or 
18partial) to the employee
shall be rebuttably presumed to arise 
19out of and in the course of the
employee's firefighting, EMT, 
20EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employment and, further, shall be

21rebuttably presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or 
22exposures of
the employment. This presumption shall also apply 
23to any hernia or hearing
loss suffered by an employee employed 
24as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic.
However, 
25this presumption shall not apply to any employee who has been 
26employed
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1less than 5 years at the time he or she files an Application 
2for Adjustment of Claim concerning this condition or impairment 
3with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. The 
4rebuttable presumption established under this subsection, 
5however, does not apply to an emergency medical technician 
6(EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), 
7advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic 
8employed by a private employer if the employee spends the 
9preponderance of his or her work time for that employer engaged 
10in medical transfers between medical care facilities or 
11non-emergency medical transfers to or from medical care 
12facilities. The changes made to this subsection by this 
13amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be narrowly 
14construed. The Finding and Decision of the Illinois Workers' 
15Compensation Commission under only the rebuttable presumption 
16provision of this paragraph shall not be admissible or be 
17deemed res judicata in any disability claim under the Illinois 
18Pension Code arising out of the same medical condition; 
19however, this sentence makes no change to the law set forth in 
20Krohe v. City of Bloomington, 204 Ill.2d 392.

21 The insurance carrier liable shall be the carrier whose 
22policy was in
effect covering the employer liable on the last 
23day of the exposure
rendering such employer liable in 
24accordance with the provisions of this
Act.

25 (e) "Disablement" means an impairment or partial 
26impairment,
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1or any of the
members of the body, or the event of becoming 
2disabled from earning full
wages at the work in which the 
3employee was engaged when last exposed to
the hazards of the 
4occupational disease by the employer from whom he or
she claims 
5compensation, or equal wages in other suitable employment;
and 
6"disability" means the state of being so incapacitated.

7 (f) No compensation shall be payable for or on account of 
8any
occupational disease unless disablement, as herein 
9defined, occurs
within two years after the last day of the last 
10exposure to the hazards
of the disease, except in cases of 
11occupational disease caused by
berylliosis or by the inhalation 
12of silica dust or asbestos dust and, in
such cases, within 3 
13years after the last day of the last exposure to
the hazards of 
14such disease and except in the case of occupational
disease 
15caused by exposure to radiological materials or equipment, and

16in such case, within 25 years after the last day of last 
17exposure to the
hazards of such disease.

18 (g)(1) In any proceeding before the Commission in which the 
19employee is a COVID-19 first responder or front-line worker as 
20defined in this subsection, if the employee's injury or 
21occupational disease resulted from exposure to and contraction 
22of COVID-19, the exposure and contraction shall be rebuttably 
23presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of the 
24employee's first responder or front-line worker employment and 
25the injury or occupational disease shall be rebuttably presumed 
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1employee's first responder or front-line worker employment.
2 (2) The term "COVID-19 first responder or front-line 
3worker" means: all individuals employed as police, fire 
4personnel, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics; all 
5individuals employed and considered as first responders; all 
6workers for health care providers, including nursing homes and 
7rehabilitation facilities and home care workers; corrections 
8officers; and any individuals employed by essential businesses 
9and operations as defined in Executive Order 2020-10 dated 
10March 20, 2020, as long as individuals employed by essential 
11businesses and operations are required by their employment to 
12encounter members of the general public or to work in 
13employment locations of more than 15 employees. For purposes of 
14this subsection only, an employee's home or place of residence 
15is not a place of employment, except for home care workers.
16 (3) The presumption created in this subsection may be 
17rebutted by evidence, including, but not limited to, the 
18following:
19  (A) the employee was working from his or her home, on 
20 leave from his or her employment, or some combination 
21 thereof, for a period of 14 or more consecutive days 
22 immediately prior to the employee's injury, occupational 
23 disease, or period of incapacity resulted from exposure to 
24 COVID-19; or
25  (B) the employer was engaging in and applying to the 
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1 ability industry-specific workplace sanitation, social 
2 distancing, and health and safety practices based on 
3 updated guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control 
4 and Prevention or Illinois Department of Public Health or 
5 was using a combination of administrative controls, 
6 engineering controls, or personal protective equipment to 
7 reduce the transmission of COVID-19 to all employees for at 
8 least 14 consecutive days prior to the employee's injury, 
9 occupational disease, or period of incapacity resulting 
10 from exposure to COVID-19. For purposes of this subsection, 
11 "updated" means the guidance in effect at least 14 days 
12 prior to the COVID-19 diagnosis. For purposes of this 
13 subsection, "personal protective equipment" means 
14 industry-specific equipment worn to minimize exposure to 
15 hazards that cause illnesses or serious injuries, which may 
16 result from contact with biological, chemical, 
17 radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other 
18 workplace hazards. "Personal protective equipment" 
19 includes, but is not limited to, items such as face 
20 coverings, gloves, safety glasses, safety face shields, 
21 barriers, shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, 
22 respirators, coveralls, vests, and full body suits; or
23  (C) the employee was exposed to COVID-19 by an 
24 alternate source.
25 (4) The rebuttable presumption created in this subsection 
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1amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly and in which the 
2diagnosis of COVID-19 was made on or after March 9, 2020 and on 
3or before December 31, 2020.
4 (5) Under no circumstances shall any COVID-19 case increase 
5or affect any employer's workers' compensation insurance 
6experience rating or modification, but COVID-19 costs may be 
7included in determining overall State loss costs.
8 (6) In order for the presumption created in this subsection 
9to apply at trial, for COVID-19 diagnoses occurring on or 
10before June 15, 2020, an employee must provide a confirmed 
11medical diagnosis by a licensed medical practitioner or a 
12positive laboratory test for COVID-19 or for COVID-19 
13antibodies; for COVID-19 diagnoses occurring after June 15, 
142020, an employee must provide a positive laboratory test for 
15COVID-19 or for COVID-19 antibodies.
16 (7) The presumption created in this subsection does not 
17apply if the employee's place of employment was solely the 
18employee's home or residence for a period of 14 or more 
19consecutive days immediately prior to the employee's injury, 
20occupational disease, or period of incapacity resulted from 
21exposure to COVID-19.
22 (8) The date of injury or the beginning of the employee's 
23occupational disease or period of disability is either the date 
24that the employee was unable to work due to contraction of 
25COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were later 
26diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever came first.
 
 
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1 (9) An employee who contracts COVID-19, but fails to 
2establish the rebuttable presumption is not precluded from 
3filing for compensation under this Act or under the Workers' 
4Compensation Act.
5 (10) To qualify for temporary total disability benefits 
6under the presumption created in this subsection, the employee 
7must be certified for or recertified for temporary disability.
8 (11) An employer is entitled to a credit against any 
9liability for temporary total disability due to an employee as 
10a result of the employee contracting COVID-19 for (A) any sick 
11leave benefits or extended salary benefits paid to the employee 
12by the employer under Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion 
13Act, Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act of the Families First 
14Coronavirus Response Act, or any other federal law, or (B) any 
15other credit to which an employer is entitled under the 
16Workers' Compensation Act. 
17(Source: P.A. 98-291, eff. 1-1-14; 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)


18 Section 20. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by 
19changing Sections 401, 409, 500, 612, 1505, and 1506.6 and by 
20adding Section 1502.4 as follows:

21 (820 ILCS 405/401) (from Ch. 48, par. 401)
22 Sec. 401. Weekly Benefit Amount - Dependents' Allowances.

23 A. With respect to any week beginning in a benefit year 
24beginning prior to January 4, 2004, an
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1benefit amount shall be an amount equal to the weekly
benefit 
2amount as defined in the provisions of this Act as amended and 
3in effect on November 18, 2011.


4 B. 1.
With respect to any benefit year beginning on or 
5after January 4, 2004 and
before January 6, 2008, an 
6individual's weekly benefit amount shall be 48% of
his or her 
7prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple 
8of one
dollar) to the next higher dollar; provided, however, 
9that the weekly benefit
amount cannot exceed the maximum weekly 
10benefit amount and cannot be less than
$51. Except as otherwise 
11provided in this Section, with respect to any benefit year 
12beginning on or after January 6, 2008, an
individual's weekly 
13benefit amount shall be 47% of his or her prior average
weekly 
14wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the 
15next
higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit 
16amount cannot exceed
the maximum weekly benefit amount and 
17cannot be less than $51.
With respect to any benefit year 
18beginning in calendar year 2022, an individual's weekly benefit 
19amount shall be 42.4% 40.6% of his or her prior average weekly 
20wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the 
21next higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit 
22amount cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount and 
23cannot be less than $51. 

24 2. For the purposes of this subsection:


25 An
individual's "prior average weekly wage" means the total 
26wages for insured
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1calendar quarters of his base
period in which such total wages 
2were highest, divided by 26. If
the quotient is not already a 
3multiple of one dollar, it shall be
rounded to the nearest 
4dollar; however if the quotient is equally near
2 multiples of 
5one dollar, it shall be rounded to the higher multiple of
one 
6dollar.


7 "Determination date" means June 1 and December 1 of each 
8calendar year except that, for the purposes
of this Act only, 
9there shall be no June 1 determination date in any
year.


10 "Determination period" means, with respect to each June 1 
11determination
date, the 12 consecutive calendar months ending 
12on the immediately preceding
December 31 and, with respect to 
13each December 1 determination date, the
12 consecutive calendar 
14months ending on the immediately preceding June 30.


15 "Benefit period" means the 12 consecutive calendar month 
16period
beginning on the first day of the first calendar month 
17immediately following
a determination date, except that, with 
18respect to any calendar year
in which there is a June 1 
19determination date, "benefit period" shall mean
the 6 
20consecutive calendar month period beginning on the first day of 
21the first
calendar month immediately following the preceding 
22December 1 determination
date and the 6 consecutive calendar 
23month period beginning on the first
day of the first calendar 
24month immediately following the June 1 determination
date.


25 "Gross wages" means all the wages paid to individuals 
26during the
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1determination date for
insured work, and reported to the 
2Director by employers prior to the
first day of the third 
3calendar month preceding that date.


4 "Covered employment" for any calendar month means the total 
5number of
individuals, as determined by the Director, engaged 
6in insured work at
mid-month.


7 "Average monthly covered employment" means one-twelfth of 
8the sum of
the covered employment for the 12 months of a 
9determination period.


10 "Statewide average annual wage" means the quotient, 
11obtained by
dividing gross wages by average monthly covered 
12employment for the same
determination period, rounded (if not 
13already a multiple of one cent) to
the nearest cent.


14 "Statewide average weekly wage" means the quotient, 
15obtained by
dividing the statewide average annual wage by 52, 
16rounded (if not
already a multiple of one cent) to the nearest 
17cent. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
18contrary, the statewide average weekly wage for any benefit 
19period prior to calendar year 2012 shall be as determined by 
20the provisions of this Act as amended and in effect on November 
2118, 2011. Notwithstanding any
provisions of this Section to the 
22contrary, the statewide average weekly
wage for the benefit 
23period of calendar year 2012 shall be $856.55 and for each 
24calendar year
thereafter, the
statewide average weekly wage 
25shall be the statewide
average weekly wage, as determined in 
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1benefit
period plus (or minus) an amount equal to the 
2percentage
change in the statewide average weekly wage, as 
3computed
in accordance with the first sentence of this 
4paragraph,
between the 2 immediately preceding benefit 
5periods,
multiplied by the statewide average weekly wage, as

6determined in accordance with this sentence, for the

7immediately preceding benefit period.
However, for purposes of 
8the
Workers'
Compensation Act, the statewide average weekly 
9wage will be computed
using June 1 and December 1 determination 
10dates of each calendar year and
such determination shall not be 
11subject to the limitation of the statewide average weekly wage 
12as
computed in accordance with the preceding sentence of this

13paragraph.


14 With respect to any week beginning in a benefit year 
15beginning prior to January 4, 2004, "maximum weekly benefit 
16amount" with respect to each week beginning within a benefit 
17period shall be as defined in the provisions of this Act as 
18amended and in effect on November 18, 2011. 

19 With respect to any benefit year beginning on or after 
20January 4, 2004 and
before January 6, 2008, "maximum weekly 
21benefit amount" with respect to each
week beginning within a 
22benefit period means 48% of the statewide average
weekly wage, 
23rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next

24higher dollar.

25 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, with respect 
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1"maximum weekly benefit amount" with respect to each week 
2beginning within a
benefit period means 47% of the statewide 
3average weekly wage, rounded (if not
already a multiple of one 
4dollar) to the next higher dollar.


5 With respect to any benefit year beginning in calendar year 
62022, "maximum weekly benefit amount" with respect to each week 
7beginning within a benefit period means 42.4% 40.6% of the 
8statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a 
9multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar. 
10 C. With respect to any week beginning in a benefit year 
11beginning prior to January 4, 2004, an individual's eligibility 
12for a dependent allowance with respect to a nonworking spouse 
13or one or more dependent children shall be as defined by the 
14provisions of this Act as amended and in effect on November 18, 
152011.


16 With respect to any benefit year beginning on or after 
17January 4, 2004 and
before January 6, 2008, an individual to 
18whom benefits are payable with respect
to any week shall, in 
19addition to those benefits, be paid, with respect to such
week, 
20as follows: in the case of an individual with a nonworking 
21spouse, 9% of
his or her prior average weekly wage, rounded (if 
22not already a multiple of one
dollar) to the next higher 
23dollar, provided, that the total amount payable to
the 
24individual with respect to a week shall not exceed 57% of the 
25statewide
average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a 
26multiple of one dollar) to the
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1case of an individual with a dependent child or
dependent 
2children, 17.2% of his or her prior average weekly wage, 
3rounded (if
not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next 
4higher dollar, provided that
the total amount payable to the 
5individual with respect to a week shall not
exceed 65.2% of the 
6statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a

7multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar.

8 With respect to any benefit year beginning on or after 
9January 6, 2008 and before January 1, 2010, an
individual to 
10whom benefits are payable with respect to any week shall, in

11addition to those benefits, be paid, with respect to such week, 
12as follows: in
the case of an individual with a nonworking 
13spouse, 9% of his or her prior
average weekly wage, rounded (if 
14not already a multiple of one dollar) to the
next higher 
15dollar, provided, that the total amount payable
to the 
16individual with respect to a week shall not exceed 56% of the 
17statewide
average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a 
18multiple of one dollar) to the
next higher dollar; and in the 
19case of an individual with a dependent child or
dependent 
20children, 18.2% of his or her prior average weekly wage, 
21rounded (if
not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next 
22higher dollar, provided that
the total amount payable to the 
23individual with respect to a week
shall not exceed 65.2% of the 
24statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if not
already a 
25multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar.
26 The additional
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1the case of an individual with a
dependent child or dependent 
2children shall be referred to as the "dependent
child 
3allowance", and the percentage rate by which an individual's 
4prior average weekly wage is multiplied pursuant to this 
5subsection to calculate the dependent child allowance shall be 
6referred to as the "dependent child allowance rate".
7 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, with respect 
8to any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 2010, an 
9individual to whom benefits are payable with respect to any 
10week shall, in addition to those benefits, be paid, with 
11respect to such week, as follows: in the case of an individual 
12with a nonworking spouse, the greater of (i) 9% of his or her 
13prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple 
14of one dollar) to the next higher dollar, or (ii) $15, provided 
15that the total amount payable to the individual with respect to 
16a week shall not exceed 56% of the statewide average weekly 
17wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the 
18next higher dollar; and in the case of an individual with a 
19dependent child or dependent children, the greater of (i) the 
20product of the dependent child allowance rate multiplied by his 
21or her prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a 
22multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar, or (ii) the 
23lesser of $50 or 50% of his or her weekly benefit amount, 
24rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next 
25higher dollar, provided that the total amount payable to the 
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1of the statewide average weekly wage multiplied by the sum of 
247% plus the dependent child allowance rate, rounded (if not 
3already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar. 
4 With respect to any benefit year beginning in calendar year 
52022, an individual to whom benefits are payable with respect 
6to any week shall, in addition to those benefits, be paid, with 
7respect to such week, as follows: in the case of an individual 
8with a nonworking spouse, the greater of (i) 9% of his or her 
9prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple 
10of one dollar) to the next higher dollar, or (ii) $15, provided 
11that the total amount payable to the individual with respect to 
12a week shall not exceed 51.4% 49.6% of the statewide average 
13weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) 
14to the next higher dollar; and in the case of an individual 
15with a dependent child or dependent children, the greater of 
16(i) the product of the dependent child allowance rate 
17multiplied by his or her prior average weekly wage, rounded (if 
18not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher 
19dollar, or (ii) the lesser of $50 or 50% of his or her weekly 
20benefit amount, rounded (if not already a multiple of one 
21dollar) to the next higher dollar, provided that the total 
22amount payable to the individual with respect to a week shall 
23not exceed the product of the statewide average weekly wage 
24multiplied by the sum of 42.4% 40.6% plus the dependent child 
25allowance rate, rounded (if not already a multiple of one 
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1 With respect to each benefit year beginning after calendar 
2year 2012, the
dependent child allowance rate shall be the sum 
3of the allowance adjustment
applicable pursuant to Section 
41400.1 to the calendar year in which the benefit
year begins, 
5plus the dependent child
allowance rate with respect to each 
6benefit year beginning in the immediately
preceding calendar 
7year, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The 
8dependent
child allowance rate with respect to each benefit 
9year beginning in calendar year 2010 shall be 17.9%.
The 
10dependent child allowance rate with respect to each benefit 
11year beginning in calendar year 2011 shall be 17.4%. The 
12dependent child allowance rate with respect to each benefit 
13year beginning in calendar year 2012 shall be 17.0% and, with 
14respect to each benefit year beginning after calendar year 
152012, shall not be less than 17.0% or greater than 17.9%. 

16 For the purposes of this subsection:


17 "Dependent" means a child or a nonworking spouse.


18 "Child" means a natural child, stepchild, or adopted child 
19of an
individual claiming benefits under this Act or a child 
20who is in the
custody of any such individual by court order, 
21for whom the individual is
supplying and, for at least 90 
22consecutive days (or for the duration of
the parental 
23relationship if it has existed for less than 90 days)

24immediately preceding any week with respect to which the 
25individual has
filed a claim, has supplied more than one-half 
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1of support if the individual and
the other parent, together, 
2are supplying and, during the aforesaid
period, have supplied 
3more than one-half the cost of support, and are,
and were 
4during the aforesaid period, members of the same household; and

5who, on the first day of such week (a) is under 18 years of age, 
6or (b)
is, and has been during the immediately preceding 90 
7days, unable to
work because of illness or other disability: 
8provided, that no person
who has been determined to be a child 
9of an individual who has been
allowed benefits with respect to 
10a week in the individual's benefit
year shall be deemed to be a 
11child of the other parent, and no other
person shall be 
12determined to be a child of such other parent, during
the 
13remainder of that benefit year.


14 "Nonworking spouse" means the lawful husband or wife of an 
15individual
claiming benefits under this Act, for whom more than 
16one-half the cost
of support has been supplied by the 
17individual for at least 90
consecutive days (or for the 
18duration of the marital relationship if it
has existed for less 
19than 90 days) immediately preceding any week with
respect to 
20which the individual has filed a claim, but only if the

21nonworking spouse is currently ineligible to receive benefits 
22under this
Act by reason of the provisions of Section 500E.


23 An individual who was obligated by law to provide for the 
24support of
a child or of a nonworking spouse for the aforesaid 
25period of 90 consecutive
days, but was prevented by illness or 
26injury from doing so, shall be deemed
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1than one-half the cost of supporting the child or
nonworking 
2spouse for that period.


3(Source: P.A. 100-568, eff. 12-15-17; 101-423, eff. 1-1-20.)





4 (820 ILCS 405/409) (from Ch. 48, par. 409)



5 Sec. 409. Extended Benefits. 

6 A. For the purposes of this Section:


7  1. "Extended benefit period" means a period which 
8 begins with
the third week after a week for which there is 
9 a State "on" indicator; and
ends with either of the 
10 following weeks, whichever occurs later: (1) the
third week 
11 after the first week for which there is a
State "off" 
12 indicator, or (2) the thirteenth consecutive week of such

13 period. No extended benefit period shall begin by reason of 
14 a State
"on" indicator before the fourteenth week following 
15 the end of a prior
extended benefit period.


16  2. There is a "State 'on' indicator" for a week if (a) 
17 the Director
determines, in accordance with the 
18 regulations of the United States
Secretary of Labor or 
19 other appropriate Federal agency, that for the
period 
20 consisting of such week and the immediately preceding 
21 twelve
weeks, the rate of insured unemployment (not 
22 seasonally adjusted) in
this State (1) equaled or exceeded 
23 5%
and equaled or exceeded 120% of the average of such 
24 rates for the corresponding
13-week period ending in each 
25 of the preceding 2 calendar years, or (2)
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1 exceeded 6 percent, or (b) the United States Secretary of 
2 Labor determines that (1) the average rate of total 
3 unemployment in this State (seasonally adjusted) for the 
4 period consisting of the most recent 3 months for which 
5 data for all states are published before the close of such 
6 week equals or exceeds 6.5%, and (2) the average rate of 
7 total unemployment in this State (seasonally adjusted) for 
8 the 3-month period referred to in (1) equals or exceeds 
9 110% of such average rate for either (or both) of the 
10 corresponding 3-month periods ending in the 2 preceding 
11 calendar years. Clause (b) of this paragraph shall only 
12 apply to weeks beginning on or after February 22, 2009, 
13 through the end of the fourth week prior to the last week 
14 for which federal sharing is provided as authorized by 
15 Section 2005(a) of Public Law 111-5 without regard to 
16 Section 2005(c) of Public Law 111-5 and is inoperative as 
17 of the end of the last week for which federal sharing is 
18 provided as authorized by Section 2005(a) of Public Law 
19 111-5 and to weeks beginning on or after March 15, 2020 
20 through the end of the fourth week prior to the last week 
21 for which federal sharing is provided as authorized by 
22 Section 4105 of Public Law 116-127, or any amendments 
23 thereto, and is inoperative as of the end of the last week 
24 for which federal sharing is provided as authorized by 
25 Section 4105 of Public Law 116-127, or any amendments 
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1  2.1. With respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment 
2 beginning after December 17, 2010, and ending on or before 
3 the earlier of the latest date permitted under federal law 
4 or the end of the fourth week prior to the last week for 
5 which federal sharing is provided as authorized by Section 
6 2005(a) of Public Law 111-5 without regard to Section 
7 2005(c) of Public Law 111-5, the determination of whether 
8 there has been a State "on" indicator pursuant to paragraph 
9 2 shall be made as if, in clause (a) of paragraph 2, the 
10 phrase "2 calendar years" were "3 calendar years" and as 
11 if, in clause (b) of paragraph 2, the word "either" were 
12 "any", the word "both" were "all", and the phrase "2 
13 preceding calendar years" were "3 preceding calendar 
14 years". 

15  3. There is a "State 'off' indicator" for a week if 
16 there is not a State 'on' indicator for the week pursuant 
17 to paragraph 2.


18  4. "Rate of insured unemployment", for the purpose of 
19 paragraph
2, means the percentage derived by dividing (a) 
20 the average
weekly number of individuals filing claims for 
21 "regular benefits" in
this State for weeks of
unemployment 
22 with respect to the most recent 13 consecutive week period,

23 as determined by the Director on the basis of his reports 
24 to the United
States Secretary of Labor or other 
25 appropriate Federal agency, by (b)
the average monthly 
26 employment covered under this Act for the first four
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1 most recent six completed calendar quarters ending before 
2 the
close of such 13-week period.


3  5. "Regular benefits" means benefits, other than 
4 extended benefits
and additional benefits, payable to an 
5 individual (including dependents'
allowances) under this 
6 Act or under any other State unemployment
compensation law 
7 (including benefits payable to Federal civilian
employees 
8 and ex-servicemen pursuant to 5 U.S.C. chapter 85).


9  6. "Extended benefits" means benefits (including 
10 benefits payable to
Federal civilian employees and 
11 ex-servicemen pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
chapter 85) payable to 
12 an individual under the provisions of this
Section for 
13 weeks which begin in his eligibility period.


14  7. "Additional benefits" means benefits totally 
15 financed by a State
and payable to exhaustees (as defined 
16 in subsection C) by reason of
conditions of high 
17 unemployment or by reason of other specified factors.
If an 
18 individual is eligible to receive extended benefits under 
19 the
provisions of this Section and is eligible to receive 
20 additional
benefits with respect to the same week under the 
21 law of another State,
he may elect to claim either extended 
22 benefits or additional benefits
with respect to the week.


23  8. "Eligibility period" means the period consisting of 
24 the weeks in
an individual's benefit year which begin in an 
25 extended benefit period
and, if his benefit year ends 
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1 which begin in such period. An individual's eligibility 
2 period shall also include such other weeks as federal law 
3 may allow. 


4  9. Notwithstanding any other provision to the 
5 contrary, no employer shall be liable for payments in lieu 
6 of contributions pursuant to Section 1404, by reason of the 
7 payment of extended
benefits which are wholly reimbursed to 
8 this State by the Federal Government or would have been 
9 wholly reimbursed to this State by the Federal Government 
10 if the employer had paid all of the claimant's wages during 
11 the applicable base period.
Extended benefits shall not 
12 become benefit
charges under Section 1501.1 if they are 
13 wholly reimbursed to this State by the Federal Government 
14 or would have been wholly reimbursed to this State by the 
15 Federal Government if the employer had paid all of the 
16 claimant's wages during the applicable base period. For 
17 purposes of this paragraph, extended benefits will be 
18 considered to be wholly reimbursed by the Federal 
19 Government notwithstanding the operation of Section 
20 204(a)(2)(D) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
21 Compensation Act of 1970.

22 B. An individual shall be eligible to receive extended 
23benefits
pursuant to this Section for any week which begins in 
24his eligibility
period if, with respect to such week (1) he has 
25been paid wages for insured
work during his base period equal 
26to at least 1 1/2 times the wages paid
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1of his base period in which such wages were highest; (2) he has 
2met the requirements of Section 500E
of this Act; (3) he is an 
3exhaustee; and (4) except when the result
would be inconsistent 
4with the provisions of this
Section, he has satisfied the 
5requirements of this Act for the receipt
of regular benefits.

6 C. An individual is an exhaustee with respect to a week 
7which begins
in his eligibility period if:


8  1. Prior to such week (a) he has received, with respect 
9 to his
current benefit year that includes such week, the 
10 maximum total amount
of benefits to which he was entitled 
11 under the provisions of Section
403B, and all of the 
12 regular benefits (including dependents' allowances)
to 
13 which he had entitlement (if any) on the basis of wages or 
14 employment
under any other State unemployment compensation 
15 law; or (b) he has
received all the regular benefits 
16 available to him with respect to his
current benefit year 
17 that includes such week, under this Act and under
any other 
18 State unemployment compensation law, after a cancellation 
19 of
some or all of his wage credits or the partial or total 
20 reduction of his
regular benefit rights; or (c) his benefit 
21 year terminated, and he
cannot meet the qualifying wage 
22 requirements of Section 500E of this Act
or the qualifying 
23 wage or employment requirements of any other State

24 unemployment compensation law to establish a new benefit 
25 year which
would include such week or, having established a 
26 new benefit year that
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1 for regular benefits by reason of
Section 607 of this Act 
2 or a like provision of any other State
unemployment 
3 compensation law; and


4  2. For such week (a) he has no right to benefits or 
5 allowances, as
the case may be, under the Railroad 
6 Unemployment Insurance Act, or such other
Federal laws as 
7 are specified in regulations of the United States
Secretary 
8 of Labor or other appropriate Federal agency; and (b) he 
9 has
not received and is not seeking benefits under the 
10 unemployment
compensation law of Canada, except that if he

11 is seeking such benefits and the appropriate agency finally 
12 determines
that he is not entitled to benefits under such 
13 law, this clause shall
not apply.


14  3. For the purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of paragraph 
15 1 of this
subsection, an individual shall be deemed to have 
16 received, with respect
to his current benefit year, the 
17 maximum total amount of benefits to
which he was entitled 
18 or all of the regular benefits to which he had
entitlement, 
19 or all of the regular benefits available to him, as the

20 case may be, even though (a) as a result of a pending 
21 reconsideration or
appeal with respect to the "finding" 
22 defined in Section 701, or of a
pending appeal with respect 
23 to wages or employment or both under any
other State 
24 unemployment compensation law, he may subsequently be

25 determined to be entitled to more regular benefits; or (b) 
26 by reason of
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1 unemployment compensation law which
establishes the weeks 
2 of the year for which regular benefits may be paid
to 
3 individuals on the basis of wages in seasonal employment he 
4 may be
entitled to regular benefits for future weeks but 
5 such benefits are not
payable with respect to the week for 
6 which he is claiming extended
benefits, provided that he is 
7 otherwise an exhaustee under the
provisions of this 
8 subsection with respect to his rights to regular
benefits, 
9 under such seasonality provision, during the portion of the

10 year in which that week occurs; or (c) having established a 
11 benefit
year, no regular benefits are payable to him with 
12 respect to such year
because his wage credits were 
13 cancelled or his rights to regular
benefits were totally 
14 reduced by reason of the application of a
disqualification 
15 provision of a State unemployment compensation law.


16 D. 1. The provisions of Section 607 and the waiting period

17 requirements of Section 500D shall not be applicable to any 
18 week with
respect to which benefits are otherwise payable 
19 under this Section.


20  2. An individual shall not cease to be an exhaustee 
21 with respect to
any week solely because he meets the 
22 qualifying wage requirements of
Section 500E for a part of 
23 such week.

24 E. With respect to any week which begins in his eligibility 
25period,
an exhaustee's "weekly extended benefit amount" shall 
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1year which includes such week or, if
such week is not in a 
2benefit year, during his applicable
benefit year, as defined in 
3regulations issued by the United States
Secretary of Labor or 
4other appropriate Federal agency. If the exhaustee
had more 
5than one weekly benefit amount during
his benefit year, his 
6weekly extended benefit amount with respect to
such week shall 
7be the latest of such weekly benefit amounts.

8 F. 1. An eligible exhaustee shall be entitled, during any 
9eligibility
period, to a maximum total amount of extended 
10benefits equal to the
lesser of the following amounts, not 
11including any Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 
12amounts provided for in Section 2104 of Public Law 116-136:


13  a. Fifty percent of the maximum total amount of 
14 benefits to which he
was entitled under Section 403B during 
15 his applicable benefit year;


16  b. Thirteen times his weekly extended benefit amount as 
17 determined
under subsection E; or

18  c. Thirty-nine times his or her average weekly extended 
19 benefit amount, reduced by the regular benefits (not 
20 including any dependents' allowances) paid to him or her 
21 during such benefit year. 
22 2. An eligible exhaustee shall be entitled, during a "high 
23unemployment period", to a maximum total amount of extended 
24benefits equal to the lesser of the following amounts:
25  a. Eighty percent of the maximum total amount of 
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1 during his or her applicable benefit year;
2  b. Twenty times his or her weekly extended benefit 
3 amount as determined under subsection E; or
4  c. Forty-six times his or her average weekly extended 
5 benefit amount, reduced by the regular benefits (not 
6 including any dependents' allowances) paid to him or her 
7 during such benefit year.
8 For purposes of this paragraph, the term "high unemployment 
9period" means any period during which (i) clause (b) of 
10paragraph (2) of subsection A is operative and (ii) an extended 
11benefit period would be in effect if clause (b) of paragraph 
12(2) of subsection A of this Section were applied by 
13substituting "8%" for "6.5%". 

14 3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection F, 
15and if
the benefit year of an individual ends within an 
16extended benefit period,
the remaining balance of extended 
17benefits that the individual would, but
for this subsection F, 
18be otherwise entitled to receive in that extended
benefit 
19period, for weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of 
20the
benefit year, shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the 
21product of the
number of weeks for which the individual 
22received any amounts as trade
readjustment allowances as 
23defined in the federal Trade Act of 1974 within
that benefit 
24year multiplied by his weekly benefit amount for extended

25benefits.


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1 filed by
an individual with respect to his eligibility 
2 period and, on the basis
of the information in his 
3 possession, shall make an "extended benefits
finding". 
4 Such finding shall state whether or not the individual has 
5 met
the requirement of subsection B(1), is an
exhaustee 
6 and, if he is, his weekly extended benefit amount and the

7 maximum total amount of extended benefits to which he is 
8 entitled. The
claims adjudicator shall promptly notify the 
9 individual of his "extended
benefits finding", and shall 
10 promptly notify the individual's most
recent employing 
11 unit and the individual's last employer (referred to in 
12 Section
1502.1) that the individual has filed a claim for 
13 extended benefits. The
claims adjudicator may reconsider 
14 his "extended benefits finding" at any time
within one year 
15 after the close of the individual's eligibility period, and

16 shall promptly notify the individual of such reconsidered 
17 finding. All of the
provisions of this Act applicable to 
18 reviews from findings or reconsidered
findings made 
19 pursuant to Sections 701 and 703 which are not inconsistent 
20 with
the provisions of this subsection shall be applicable 
21 to reviews from extended
benefits findings and 
22 reconsidered extended benefits findings.


23  2. If, pursuant to the reconsideration or appeal with 
24 respect to a
"finding", referred to in paragraph 3 of 
25 subsection C, an exhaustee is
found to be entitled to more 
26 regular benefits and, by reason thereof, is
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1 more extended benefits, the claims adjudicator shall make a

2 reconsidered extended benefits finding and shall promptly 
3 notify the
exhaustee thereof.

4 H. Whenever an extended benefit period is to begin in this 
5State because
there is a State "on" indicator, or whenever an 
6extended benefit period is to
end in this State because there 
7is a State "off" indicator, the Director shall
make an 
8appropriate public announcement.

9 I. Computations required by the provisions of paragraph 4 
10of subsection A
shall be made by the Director in accordance 
11with regulations prescribed by the
United States Secretary of 
12Labor, or other appropriate Federal agency.


13 J. 1. Interstate Benefit Payment Plan means the plan 
14 approved by
the Interstate Conference of Employment 
15 Security Agencies under which benefits
shall be payable to 
16 unemployed individuals absent from the state (or states)
in 
17 which benefit credits have been accumulated.


18  2. An individual who commutes from his state of 
19 residence to work in
another state and continues to reside 
20 in such state of residence while filing
his claim for 
21 unemployment insurance under this Section of the Act shall 
22 not be
considered filing a claim under the Interstate 
23 Benefit Payment Plan so long as
he files his claim in and 
24 continues to report to the employment office under
the 
25 regulations applicable to intrastate claimants in the 
26 state in which he was
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1  3. "State" when used in this subsection includes States 
2 of the United
States of America, the District of Columbia, 
3 Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands. For purposes of this 
4 subsection, the term "state" shall also be
construed to 
5 include Canada.


6  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an 
7 individual shall be eligible for a
maximum of 2 weeks of 
8 benefits payable under this Section after he files
his 
9 initial claim for extended benefits in an extended benefit 
10 period, as
defined in paragraph 1 of subsection A, under 
11 the Interstate Benefit Payment
Plan unless there also 
12 exists an extended benefit period, as defined in
paragraph 
13 1 of subsection A, in the state where such claim is filed. 
14 Such
maximum eligibility shall continue as long as the 
15 individual continues to
file his claim under the Interstate 
16 Benefit Payment Plan, notwithstanding
that the individual 
17 moves to another state where an extended benefit period

18 exists and files for weeks prior to his initial Interstate 
19 claim in that state.


20  5. To assure full tax credit to the employers of this 
21 state against the
tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment 
22 Tax Act, the Director shall take
any action or issue any 
23 regulations necessary in the administration of this

24 subsection to insure that its provisions are so interpreted 
25 and applied
as to meet the requirements of such Federal Act 
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1 other appropriate Federal agency.


2 K. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, an 
3 individual
shall be ineligible for the payment of extended 
4 benefits for any week of
unemployment in his eligibility 
5 period if the Director finds that during such
period:


6   a. he failed to accept any offer of suitable work 
7 (as defined in
paragraph 3 below) or failed to apply 
8 for any suitable work to which he was
referred by the 
9 Director; or


10   b. he failed to actively engage in seeking work as 
11 prescribed under
paragraph 5 below.


12  2. Any individual who has been found ineligible for 
13 extended benefits
by reason of the provisions of paragraph 
14 1 of this subsection shall be denied
benefits beginning 
15 with the first day of the week in which such failure
has 
16 occurred and until he has been employed in each of 4 
17 subsequent weeks
(whether or not consecutive) and has 
18 earned remuneration equal to at least
4 times his weekly 
19 benefit amount.


20  3. For purposes of this subsection only, the term 
21 "suitable work" means,
with respect to any individual, any 
22 work which is within such individual's
capabilities, 
23 provided, however, that the gross average weekly 
24 remuneration
payable for the work:


25   a. must exceed the sum of (i) the individual's 
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1 subsection E above plus
(ii) the amount, if any, of 
2 supplemental unemployment benefits (as defined
in 
3 Section 501(c)(17)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
4 1954) payable to
such individual for such week; and 
5 further,


6   b. is not less than the higher of --


7    (i) the minimum wage provided by Section 6 
8 (a)(1) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, 
9 without regard to any exemption; or


10    (ii) the applicable state or local minimum 
11 wage;


12   c. provided, however, that no individual shall be 
13 denied extended
benefits for failure to accept an offer 
14 of or apply for any job which meets the
definition of 
15 suitability as described above if:


16    (i) the position was not offered to such 
17 individual in writing or was
not listed with the 
18 employment service;


19    (ii) such failure could not result in a denial 
20 of benefits under the
definition of suitable work 
21 for regular benefits claimants in Section 603
to 
22 the extent that the criteria of suitability in that 
23 Section are not
inconsistent with the provisions 
24 of this paragraph 3;


25    (iii) the individual furnishes satisfactory 
26 evidence to the Director
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1 obtaining work in his customary occupation within 
2 a
reasonably short period are good. If such 
3 evidence is deemed satisfactory
for this purpose, 
4 the determination of whether any work is suitable 
5 with
respect to such individual shall be made in 
6 accordance with the definition
of suitable work 
7 for regular benefits in Section 603 without regard 
8 to the
definition specified by this paragraph.


9  4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3 to the 
10 contrary, no work
shall be deemed to be suitable work for 
11 an individual which does not accord
with the labor standard 
12 provisions required by Section 3304(a)(5) of the
Internal 
13 Revenue Code of 1954 and set forth herein under Section 603 
14 of this
Act.


15  5. For the purposes of subparagraph b of paragraph 1, 
16 an individual shall
be treated as actively engaged in 
17 seeking work during any week if --


18   a. the individual has engaged in a systematic and 
19 sustained effort to
obtain work during such week, and


20   b. the individual furnishes tangible evidence that 
21 he has engaged in
such effort during such week.


22  6. The employment service shall refer any individual 
23 entitled to extended
benefits under this Act to any 
24 suitable work which meets the criteria
prescribed in 
25 paragraph 3.


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1 individual shall
not be eligible to receive extended 
2 benefits, otherwise payable under this
Section, with 
3 respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility 
4 period
if such individual has been held ineligible for 
5 benefits under the provisions
of Sections 601, 602 or 603 
6 of this Act until such individual had requalified
for such 
7 benefits by returning to employment and satisfying the 
8 monetary
requalification provision by earning at least his 
9 weekly benefit amount.

10  8. In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, 
11 the Director may prescribe such rules as allowed by federal 
12 law limiting the work search requirements under subsection 
13 K. 
14 L. The Governor may, if federal law so allows, elect, in 
15writing, to pay individuals, otherwise eligible for extended 
16benefits pursuant to this Section, any other federally funded 
17unemployment benefits, including but not limited to benefits 
18payable pursuant to the federal Supplemental Appropriations 
19Act, 2008, as amended, and Public Law 116-136, prior to paying 
20them benefits under this Section.
21 M. The provisions of this Section, as revised by this 
22amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, are retroactive to 
23February 22, 2009. The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 
2496th General Assembly with regard to subsection L and paragraph 
258 of subsection A clarify authority already provided. 
26 N. The provisions of this Section, as revised by this 
 
 
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1amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, are retroactive 
2to March 15, 2020. 
3(Source: P.A. 96-30, eff. 6-30-09; 97-1, eff. 3-31-11.)





4 (820 ILCS 405/500) (from Ch. 48, par. 420)



5 Sec. 500. Eligibility for benefits. An unemployed 
6individual shall
be eligible to receive benefits with respect 
7to any week only if the
Director finds that:

8  A. He has registered for work at and thereafter has 
9 continued to
report at an employment office in accordance 
10 with such regulations as
the Director may prescribe, except 
11 that the Director may, by regulation,
waive or alter either 
12 or both of the requirements of this subsection as
to 
13 individuals attached to regular jobs, and as to such other 
14 types of
cases or situations with respect to which he finds 
15 that compliance with
such requirements would be oppressive 
16 or inconsistent with the purposes
of this Act, provided 
17 that no such regulation shall conflict with
Section 400 of 
18 this Act.

19  B. He has made a claim for benefits with respect to 
20 such week in
accordance with such regulations as the 
21 Director may prescribe.

22  C. He is able to work, and is available for work; 
23 provided that
during the period in question he was actively 
24 seeking work and he has
certified such. Whenever requested 
25 to do so by the Director, the individual
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1 manner the Director prescribes by regulation, inform the

2 Department of the places at
which he has sought work during 
3 the period in question.
Nothing in this subsection shall 
4 limit
the Director's approval of alternate methods of 
5 demonstrating an active
search for work
based on regular 
6 reporting to a trade union office.

7   1. If an otherwise eligible individual is unable to 
8 work or is
unavailable for work on any normal workday 
9 of the week, he shall be
eligible to receive benefits 
10 with respect to such week reduced by
one-fifth of his 
11 weekly benefit amount for each day of such inability to

12 work or unavailability for work. For the purposes of 
13 this paragraph, an
individual who reports on a day 
14 subsequent to his designated report day
shall be deemed 
15 unavailable for work on his report day if his failure 
16 to
report on that day is without good cause, and on 
17 each intervening day,
if any, on which his failure to 
18 report is without good cause. As used
in the preceding 
19 sentence, "report day" means the day which has been

20 designated for the individual to report to file his 
21 claim for benefits
with respect to any week. This 
22 paragraph shall not be construed so as
to effect any 
23 change in the status of part-time workers as defined in

24 Section 407.

25   2. An individual shall be considered to be 
26 unavailable for work on
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1 in "An Act to revise the law in relation
to promissory 
2 notes, bonds, due bills and other instruments in 
3 writing,"
approved March 18, 1874, as amended; on days 
4 which are holidays in his
religion or faith, and on 
5 days which are holidays according to the
custom of his 
6 trade or occupation, if his failure to work on such day 
7 is
a result of the holiday. In determining the 
8 claimant's eligibility for
benefits and the amount to 
9 be paid him, with respect to the week in
which such 
10 holiday occurs, he shall have attributed to him as 
11 additional
earnings for that week an amount equal to 
12 one-fifth of his weekly
benefit amount for each normal 
13 work day on which he does not work
because of a holiday 
14 of the type above enumerated.

15   3. An individual shall be deemed unavailable for 
16 work if, after his
separation from his most recent 
17 employing unit, he has removed himself
to and remains 
18 in a locality where opportunities for work are

19 substantially less favorable than those in the 
20 locality he has left.

21   4. An individual shall be deemed unavailable for 
22 work with respect
to any week which occurs in a period 
23 when his principal occupation is
that of a student in 
24 attendance at, or on vacation from, a public or
private 
25 school.

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1 Act, an individual
shall not be deemed unavailable for 
2 work or to have failed actively to
seek work, nor shall 
3 he be ineligible for benefits by reason of the

4 application of the provisions of Section 603, with 
5 respect to any week,
because he is enrolled in and is 
6 in regular attendance at a training
course approved for 
7 him by the Director:

8    (a) but only if, with respect to
that week, the 
9 individual presents,
upon request,
to the claims 
10 adjudicator referred to
in Section 702 a statement 
11 executed by a responsible person connected
with 
12 the training course, certifying that the 
13 individual was in
full-time attendance at such 
14 course during the week. The Director may
approve 
15 such course for an individual only if he finds that 
16 (1)
reasonable work opportunities for which the 
17 individual is fitted by
training and experience do 
18 not exist in his locality; (2) the training course

19 relates to an occupation or skill for which there 
20 are, or are
expected to be in the immediate future, 
21 reasonable work opportunities in
his locality; (3) 
22 the training course is offered by a competent and

23 reliable agency, educational institution, or 
24 employing unit; (4)
the individual has the 
25 required qualifications and aptitudes to complete 
26 the
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1 not receiving and is not
eligible (other than 
2 because he has claimed benefits under this Act) for

3 subsistence payments or similar assistance under 
4 any public or private
retraining program: 
5 Provided, that the Director shall not disapprove

6 such course solely by reason of clause (5) if the 
7 subsistence payment or
similar assistance is 
8 subject to reduction by an amount equal to any

9 benefits payable to the individual under this Act 
10 in the absence of the
clause. In the event that an 
11 individual's weekly unemployment
compensation 
12 benefit is less than his certified training 
13 allowance, that
person shall be eligible to 
14 receive his entire unemployment compensation

15 benefits, plus such supplemental training 
16 allowances that would make an
applicant's total 
17 weekly benefit identical to the original certified

18 training allowance.

19    (b) The Director shall have the authority to 
20 grant approval pursuant to
subparagraph (a) above 
21 prior to an individual's formal admission into a

22 training course. Requests for approval shall not 
23 be made more than 30 days
prior to the actual 
24 starting date of such course. Requests shall be 
25 made
at the appropriate unemployment office.

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1 paragraph C have the authority
to issue a blanket 
2 approval of training programs implemented pursuant 
3 to
the federal Workforce
Innovation and 
4 Opportunity Act if both the training program and 
5 the criteria for an individual's
participation in 
6 such training meet the requirements of this 
7 paragraph C.

8    (d) Notwithstanding the requirements of 
9 subparagraph (a), the Director
shall have the 
10 authority to issue blanket approval of training 
11 programs
implemented under the terms of a 
12 collective bargaining agreement.

13   6. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this 
14 Act, an individual shall
not be deemed unavailable for 
15 work or to have failed actively to seek work,
nor shall 
16 he be ineligible for benefits, by reason of the 
17 application of
the provisions of Section 603 with 
18 respect to any week because he is in
training approved 
19 under Section 236 (a)(1) of the federal Trade Act of 
20 1974,
nor shall an individual be ineligible for 
21 benefits under the provisions
of Section 601 by reason 
22 of leaving work voluntarily to enter such training
if 
23 the work left is not of a substantially equal or higher 
24 skill level than
the individual's past adversely 
25 affected employment as defined under the
federal Trade 
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1 80% of his
average weekly wage as determined under the 
2 federal Trade Act of 1974.

3  D. If his benefit year begins prior to July 6, 1975 or 
4 subsequent to
January 2, 1982, he has been unemployed for a 
5 waiting period of 1 week
during such benefit year. If his 
6 benefit year begins on or after July 6,
1975, but prior to 
7 January 3, 1982, and his unemployment
continues for more 
8 than three weeks during such benefit year, he shall
be 
9 eligible for benefits with respect to each week of such 
10 unemployment,
including the first week thereof. An 
11 individual shall be deemed to be
unemployed within the 
12 meaning of this subsection while receiving public

13 assistance as remuneration for services performed on work 
14 projects
financed from funds made available to 
15 governmental agencies for such
purpose. No week shall be 
16 counted as a week of unemployment for the
purposes of this 
17 subsection:

18   1. Unless it occurs within the benefit year which 
19 includes the week
with respect to which he claims 
20 payment of benefits, provided that, for
benefit years 
21 beginning prior to January 3, 1982, this
requirement 
22 shall not interrupt the payment of benefits for 
23 consecutive
weeks of unemployment; and provided 
24 further that the week immediately
preceding a benefit 
25 year, if part of one uninterrupted period of

26 unemployment which continues into such benefit year, 
 
 
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1 shall be deemed
(for the purpose of this subsection 
2 only and with respect to benefit years
beginning prior 
3 to January 3, 1982, only) to be within such benefit

4 year, as well as within the preceding benefit year, if 
5 the unemployed
individual would, except for the 
6 provisions of the first paragraph and
paragraph 1 of 
7 this subsection and of Section 605, be eligible for and

8 entitled to benefits for such week.

9   2. If benefits have been paid with respect thereto.

10   3. Unless the individual was eligible for benefits 
11 with respect
thereto except for the requirements of 
12 this subsection and of Section
605.

13  D-5. Notwithstanding subsection D, if the individual's 
14 benefit year begins on or after March 8, 2020, but prior to 
15 the week following the later of (a) the last week of a 
16 disaster period established by the Gubernatorial Disaster 
17 Proclamation in response to COVID-19, dated March 9, 2020, 
18 and any subsequent Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation in 
19 response to COVID-19 or (b) the last week for which federal 
20 sharing is provided as authorized by Section 2105 of Public 
21 Law 116-136 or any amendment thereto, the individual is not 
22 subject to the requirement that the individual be 
23 unemployed for a waiting period of one week during such 
24 benefit year. 
25  E. With respect to any benefit year beginning prior to 
26 January 3, 1982,
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1 wages for insured work not
less than the amount specified 
2 in Section 500E of this Act as amended
and in effect on 
3 October 5, 1980. With respect to any benefit year
beginning 
4 on or after January 3, 1982, he has been paid during his 
5 base
period wages for insured work equal to not less than 
6 $1,600, provided that
he has been paid wages for insured 
7 work equal to at least $440 during that
part of his base 
8 period which does not include the calendar quarter in
which 
9 the wages paid to him were highest.

10  F. During that week he has participated in reemployment 
11 services to which
he has been referred, including but not 
12 limited to job search assistance
services, pursuant to a 
13 profiling system established by the Director by rule in

14 conformity with Section 303(j)(1) of the federal Social 
15 Security Act, unless
the Director determines that:

16   1. the individual has completed such services; or

17   2. there is justifiable cause for the claimant's 
18 failure to participate in
such services.

19  This subsection F is added by this amendatory Act of 
20 1995 to clarify
authority already provided under 
21 subsections A and C in connection with the
unemployment 
22 insurance claimant profiling system required under 
23 subsections
(a)(10) and (j)(1) of Section 303 of the 
24 federal Social Security Act as a
condition of federal

25 funding for the administration of the Unemployment 
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1(Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17.)





2 (820 ILCS 405/612) (from Ch. 48, par. 442)



3 Sec. 612. 
Academic Personnel - Ineligibility between 
4academic years or
terms.

5 A. Benefits based on wages for services which are 
6employment under the
provisions
of Sections 211.1, 211.2, and 
7302C shall be payable in the same amount,
on the same terms, 
8and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable
on the 
9basis of wages for other services which are employment under 
10this
Act; except that:


11  1. An individual shall be ineligible for
benefits, on 
12 the basis of wages for employment in an instructional, 
13 research,
or principal administrative capacity performed 
14 for an institution of higher
education, for any week which 
15 begins during the period between two successive
academic 
16 years, or during a similar period between two regular 
17 terms, whether
or not successive, or during a period of 
18 paid sabbatical leave provided
for in the individual's 
19 contract, if the individual has a
contract or contracts to 
20 perform services in any such capacity for any
institution

21 or institutions of higher education for both such academic 
22 years or both such
terms.


23  This paragraph 1 shall apply with respect to any week 
24 which begins prior
to January 1, 1978.


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1 the basis of wages
for service in employment in any 
2 capacity other than those referred to in
paragraph 1, 
3 performed for an institution of higher learning, for
any 
4 week which begins after September 30, 1983, during a period 
5 between
two successive academic years or terms, if the 
6 individual performed such
service in the first of such 
7 academic years or terms and there is a reasonable
assurance

8 that the individual will perform such service in the second 
9 of such academic
years or terms.


10  3. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on 
11 the basis of
wages for service in employment in any 
12 capacity other than those referred
to in paragraph 1, 
13 performed for an institution of higher education, for
any 
14 week which begins after January 5, 1985, during an 
15 established and
customary vacation period or holiday 
16 recess, if the individual performed
such service in the 
17 period immediately before such vacation period or
holiday 
18 recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the 
19 individual will
perform such service in the period 
20 immediately following such vacation
period or holiday 
21 recess.

22 B. Benefits based on wages for services which are 
23employment under the
provisions of Sections 211.1 and 211.2 
24shall be payable in the same amount,
on the same terms, and 
25subject to the same conditions, as benefits payable
on the 
26basis
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1this Act, except that:


2  1. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on 
3 the basis of wages
for service in employment
in an 
4 instructional, research, or principal administrative 
5 capacity performed
for an educational institution, for any 
6 week which begins after December
31, 1977, during a period 
7 between two successive academic years, or during
a similar 
8 period between two regular terms, whether or not 
9 successive, or
during a period of paid sabbatical leave 
10 provided for in the individual's
contract, if the 
11 individual performed such service in the first of such

12 academic years (or terms) and if there is a contract or a 
13 reasonable assurance
that the individual will perform 
14 service in any such capacity for any
educational

15 institution in the second of such academic years (or 
16 terms).


17  2. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on 
18 the basis of wages
for service in employment in any 
19 capacity other than those referred to in
paragraph 1, 
20 performed for an educational institution,
for any week 
21 which
begins after December 31, 1977, during a period 
22 between two successive academic
years or terms, if the 
23 individual performed such service in the first of
such 
24 academic years or terms and there is a reasonable assurance 
25 that the
individual will perform such service in the second 
26 of such academic years or
terms.


 
 
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1  3. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on 
2 the basis of
wages for service in employment in any 
3 capacity performed for an
educational institution, for any 
4 week which begins after January 5, 1985,
during an 
5 established and customary vacation period or holiday 
6 recess, if
the individual performed such service in the 
7 period immediately before such
vacation period or holiday 
8 recess and there is a reasonable assurance that
the 
9 individual will perform such service in the period 
10 immediately
following such vacation period or holiday 
11 recess.


12  4. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits on 
13 the basis of wages
for service in employment in any 
14 capacity performed in an educational
institution while in 
15 the employ of an educational service agency
for any week 
16 which begins after January 5, 1985, (a) during a period

17 between two successive academic years or terms, if the 
18 individual performed
such service in the first of such 
19 academic years or terms and there is
a reasonable assurance 
20 that the individual will perform such service in
the second 
21 of such academic years or terms; and (b) during an 
22 established
and customary vacation period or holiday 
23 recess, if the individual performed
such service in the 
24 period immediately before such vacation period or holiday

25 recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the 
26 individual will perform
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1 immediately following such vacation period or
holiday 
2 recess.
The term "educational service agency" means a 
3 governmental agency or
governmental
entity which is 
4 established and operated exclusively for the purpose of

5 providing such services to one or more educational 
6 institutions.

7 C. 1. If benefits are denied to any individual under the 
8provisions of
paragraph
2 of either subsection A or B of this 
9Section for any week which begins
on or after September 3, 1982 
10and such individual is not offered a bona
fide opportunity to 
11perform such services for the educational institution
for the 
12second of such academic years or terms, such individual shall 
13be
entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week 
14for which the
individual filed a timely claim for benefits as 
15determined by the rules
and regulations issued by the Director 
16for the filing of claims for benefits,
provided that such 
17benefits were denied solely because of the provisions
of 
18paragraph 2 of either subsection A or B of this Section.

19 2. If benefits on the basis of wages for service in 
20employment in
other than an instructional, research, or 
21principal administrative capacity
performed in an educational 
22institution while in the employ of an
educational service 
23agency are denied to any individual under the
provisions of 
24subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 of subsection B and such

25individual is not offered a bona fide opportunity to perform 
26such services
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1of an educational service
agency for the second of such 
2academic years or terms, such individual
shall be entitled to a 
3retroactive payment of benefits for each week for
which the 
4individual filed a timely claim for benefits as determined by 
5the
rules and regulations issued by the Director for the filing 
6of claims for
benefits, provided that such benefits were denied 
7solely because
of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 of subsection 
8B of this Section.

9 D. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section or 
10paragraph 2 of subsection C of Section 500 to the contrary, 
11with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after 
12March 15, 2020, and before December 31, 2020, benefits shall be 
13payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment 
14in other than an instructional, research, or principal 
15administrative capacity performed for an educational 
16institution or an educational service agency under any of the 
17circumstances described in this Section, to the extent 
18permitted under Section 3304(a)(6) of the Federal Unemployment 
19Tax Act, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for 
20benefits. 
21(Source: P.A. 87-1178.)


22 (820 ILCS 405/1502.4 new)
23 Sec. 1502.4. Benefit charges; COVID-19.
24 A. With respect to any benefits paid for a week of 
25unemployment that begins on or after March 15, 2020, and before 
 
 
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1December 31, 2020, and is directly or indirectly attributable 
2to COVID-19, notwithstanding any other provisions to the 
3contrary an employer that is subject to the payment of 
4contributions shall not be chargeable for any benefit charges.
5 B. With respect to any regular benefits paid for a week of 
6unemployment that begins on or after March 15, 2020, and before 
7December 31, 2020, and is directly or indirectly attributable 
8to COVID-19, notwithstanding any other provisions to the 
9contrary except subsection E, a nonprofit organization that is 
10subject to making payments in lieu of contributions shall be 
11chargeable for 50% of the benefits paid.
12 C. With respect to any benefits paid for a week of 
13unemployment that begins on or after March 15, 2020, and before 
14December 31, 2020, and is directly or indirectly attributable 
15to COVID-19, notwithstanding any other provisions to the 
16contrary except subsection E, the State and any local 
17government that is subject to making payments in lieu of 
18contributions shall be chargeable for 50% of the benefits paid, 
19irrespective of whether the State or local government paid the 
20individual who received the benefits wages for insured work 
21during the individual's base period.
22 D. Subsections A, B, and C shall only apply to the extent 
23that the employer can show that the individual's unemployment 
24for the week was directly or indirectly attributable to 
25COVID-19.
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1paid to an individual under the provisions of Section 500D-1.

2 (820 ILCS 405/1505) (from Ch. 48, par. 575)

3 Sec. 1505. Adjustment of state experience factor. The state 
4experience
factor shall be adjusted in accordance with the 
5following provisions:


6 A. For calendar years prior to 1988, the state experience 
7factor shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of 
8this Act as amended and in effect on November 18, 2011.


9 B. (Blank).


10 C. For calendar year 1988
and each calendar year 
11thereafter, for which the state
experience factor is being 
12determined.


13  1. For every $50,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which

14 the adjusted trust fund balance falls below the target 
15 balance set forth in
this subsection,
the state experience 
16 factor for the succeeding year shall
be increased one 
17 percent absolute.


18  For every $50,000,000 (or fraction thereof) by which

19 the adjusted trust fund balance exceeds the target balance 
20 set forth in this
subsection, the
state experience factor 
21 for the succeeding year shall be
decreased by one percent 
22 absolute.


23  The target balance in each calendar year prior to 2003 
24 is $750,000,000.
The
target balance in
calendar year 2003 
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1 is
$960,000,000.
The target balance in calendar year 2005 
2 and each calendar year thereafter
is
$1,000,000,000.


3  2. For the purposes of this subsection:


4  "Net trust fund balance" is the amount standing to the

5 credit of this State's account in the unemployment trust

6 fund as of June 30 of the calendar year immediately 
7 preceding
the year for which a state experience factor is 
8 being determined.


9  "Adjusted trust fund balance" is the net trust fund 
10 balance
minus the sum of the benefit reserves for fund 
11 building
for July 1, 1987 through June 30 of the year prior 
12 to the
year for which the state experience factor is being 
13 determined.
The adjusted trust fund balance shall not be 
14 less than
zero. If the preceding calculation results in a 
15 number
which is less than zero, the amount by which it is 
16 less
than zero shall reduce the sum of the benefit reserves

17 for fund building for subsequent years.


18  For the purpose of determining the state experience 
19 factor
for 1989 and for each calendar year thereafter, the 
20 following
"benefit reserves for fund building" shall apply 
21 for each
state experience factor calculation in which that 
22 12 month
period is applicable:


23   a. For the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1988, 
24 the
"benefit reserve for fund building" shall be 
25 8/104th of
the total benefits paid from January 1, 1988 
26 through June 30, 1988.


 
 
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1   b. For the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1989, 
2 the
"benefit reserve for fund building" shall be the 
3 sum of:


4    i. 8/104ths of the total benefits paid from 
5 July 1,
1988 through December 31, 1988, plus


6    ii. 4/108ths of the total benefits paid from 
7 January
1, 1989 through June 30, 1989.


8   c. For the 12 month period ending on June 30, 1990, 
9 the
"benefit reserve for fund building" shall be 
10 4/108ths of
the total benefits paid from July 1, 1989 
11 through December 31, 1989.


12   d. For 1992 and for each calendar year thereafter, 
13 the
"benefit reserve for fund building" for the 12 
14 month period
ending on June 30, 1991 and for each 
15 subsequent 12 month
period shall be zero.


16  3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this 
17 subsection,
for calendar years 1988 through 2003, the state 
18 experience factor shall not
be increased or decreased
by 
19 more than 15 percent absolute.


20 D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection C, the

21adjusted state experience factor:


22  1. Shall be 111 percent for calendar year 1988;


23  2. Shall not be less than 75 percent nor greater than

24 135 percent for calendar years 1989 through 2003; and shall 
25 not
be less than 75% nor greater than 150% for calendar 
26 year 2004 and each
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1 any increase pursuant to subsection D-1, D-2, or D-3;


2  3. Shall not be decreased by more than 5 percent 
3 absolute for any
calendar year, beginning in calendar year 
4 1989 and through calendar year
1992, by more than 6% 
5 absolute for calendar years 1993
through 1995, by more than 
6 10% absolute for calendar years
1999 through 2003 and by 
7 more than 12% absolute for calendar year 2004 and
each 
8 calendar year thereafter, from the adjusted state

9 experience factor of the calendar year preceding the 
10 calendar year for which
the adjusted state experience 
11 factor is being determined;


12  4. Shall not be increased by more than 15% absolute for 
13 calendar year
1993, by more than 14% absolute for calendar 
14 years 1994 and
1995, by more than 10% absolute for calendar 
15 years 1999
through 2003 and by more than 16% absolute for 
16 calendar year 2004 and each
calendar
year
thereafter, from 
17 the adjusted state experience factor for the calendar year

18 preceding the calendar year for which the adjusted state 
19 experience factor
is being determined;


20  5. Shall be 100% for calendar years 1996, 1997, and 
21 1998.


22 D-1. The adjusted state experience factor for each of 
23calendar years 2013 through 2015 shall be increased by 5% 
24absolute above the adjusted state experience factor as 
25calculated without regard to this subsection. The adjusted 
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12018 shall be increased by 6% absolute above the adjusted state 
2experience factor as calculated without regard to this 
3subsection. The increase in the adjusted state experience 
4factor for calendar year 2018 pursuant to this subsection shall 
5not be counted for purposes of applying paragraph 3 or 4 of 
6subsection D to the calculation of the adjusted state 
7experience factor for calendar year 2019. 
8 D-2. (Blank). 
9 D-3. The adjusted state experience factor for calendar year 
102022 shall be increased by 16% 22% absolute above the adjusted 
11state experience factor as calculated without regard to this 
12subsection. The increase in the adjusted state experience 
13factor for calendar year 2022 pursuant to this subsection shall 
14not be counted for purposes of applying paragraph 3 or 4 of 
15subsection D to the calculation of the adjusted state 
16experience factor for calendar year 2023. 
17 E. The amount standing to the credit of this State's 
18account in the
unemployment trust fund as of June 30 shall be 
19deemed to include as part
thereof (a) any amount receivable on 
20that date from any Federal
governmental agency, or as a payment 
21in lieu of contributions under the
provisions of Sections 1403 
22and 1405 B and paragraph 2 of Section 302C,
in reimbursement of 
23benefits paid to individuals, and (b) amounts
credited by the 
24Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to this
State's 
25account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to Section 903

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1such
amounts which have been appropriated by the General 
2Assembly in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2100 B 
3for expenses of
administration, except any amounts which have 
4been obligated on or
before that date pursuant to such 
5appropriation.


6(Source: P.A. 100-568, eff. 12-15-17; 101-423, eff. 1-1-20.)


7 (820 ILCS 405/1506.6)
8 Sec. 1506.6. Surcharge; specified period. For each 
9employer whose contribution rate for calendar year 2022 is 
10determined pursuant to Section 1500 or 1506.1, in addition to 
11the contribution rate established pursuant to Section 1506.3, 
12an additional surcharge of 0.325% 0.425% shall be added to the 
13contribution rate. The surcharge established by this Section 
14shall be due at the same time as other contributions with 
15respect to the quarter are due, as provided in Section 1400. 
16Payments attributable to the surcharge established pursuant to 
17this Section shall be contributions and deposited into the 
18clearing account.

19(Source: P.A. 100-568, eff. 12-15-17; 101-423, eff. 1-1-20.)

20 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
21Section 8.44 as follows:

22 (30 ILCS 805/8.44 new)
23 Sec. 8.44. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
 
 
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1of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
2implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
3the 101st General Assembly.


4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
5becoming law.".