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BDR 53-226
SB 52
EXECUTIVE AGENCY
FISCAL NOTE
AGENCY'S ESTIMATES
Date Prepared: April 10, 2017
Agency Submitting: Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
Items of Revenue or
Expense, or Both
Fiscal Year
2016-17
UI Benefit (Expense)
Total
Explanation
0
Fiscal Year
2017-18
Fiscal Year
2018-19
Effect on Future
Biennia
($4,500,000)
($4,590,000)
($9,180,000)
($4,500,000)
($4,590,000)
($9,180,000)
(Use Additional Sheets of Attachments, if required)
The Department calculates the following impacts of this bill: The Unemployment Benefits paid by the Unemployment
Trust Fund would be reduced by 1.4% of benefits paid per year, due to fewer weeks being paid to individuals who
would qualify under an alternate base period. The impacted individuals would otherwise have to wait until the start of
the next quarter to file for benefits. Therefore reducing the number of weeks paid to anyone who does not exhaust their
benefits, with the assumption they would otherwise exit Unemployment Insurance at the same time. There will also be
an impact on Unemployment Contributions; however, the impact cannot be determined at this time because it is
dependent on future decisions made by the Employment Security Division Administrator during the annual
unemployment insurance tax rate setting process.
Name Kathleen DeSocio
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF FINANCE COMMENTS
Title
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Date
Monday, March 27, 2017
The agency's response appears reasonable.
Name Susan Brown
Title
FN 318
Executive Budget Officer