PRINTER'S NO. 2181
No. 1740 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY EGOLF, CLARK, BENNINGHOFF, VANCE, MARSICO, FEESE,
NAILOR, McNAUGHTON, SAYLOR, STABACK, TIGUE, BAKER, GODSHALL,
PHILLIPS, HUTCHINSON, COY, ZUG, MUNDY, GLADECK, SANTONI,
WAUGH, BARRAR, MASLAND, DEMPSEY, SEMMEL, MELIO, RUBLEY,
FAIRCHILD, JADLOWIEC, LEH, ROHRER, MAJOR, TULLI, LAWLESS,
ADOLPH, BROWNE, STEVENSON, HESS, ALLEN, CORNELL, HERSHEY,
McILHATTAN, REBER, ARMSTRONG, DENT, CASORIO, ORIE, TRAVAGLIO,
TRUE, HALUSKA, FICHTER, HERMAN, CHADWICK, BUNT, KREBS,
J. TAYLOR, MAYERNIK, WOJNAROSKI, LYNCH, NICKOL, DALEY,
CORRIGAN, D. W. SNYDER, PIPPY, E. Z. TAYLOR, M. N. WRIGHT,
PLATTS, ARGALL, WALKO, STRITTMATTER, GEIST, OLASZ, ITKIN,
VAN HORNE AND ZIMMERMAN, SEPTEMBER 11, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, SEPTEMBER 11, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
2 P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
3 unemployment compensation to be administered by the
4 Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
5 created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
6 selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
7 keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
8 contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
9 payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
10 providing procedure and administrative details for the
11 determination, payment and collection of such contributions
12 and the payment of such compensation; providing for
13 cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
14 creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
15 Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," further providing for
16 ineligibility of incarcerated employees.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 402.6 of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd
20 Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment
1 Compensation Law, added October 30, 1996 (P.L.738, No.133), is
2 amended to read:
3 Section 402.6. Ineligibility of Incarcerated Employe.--
4 [Nothing in this act] An employe shall [require] not be eligible
5 for payment of unemployment compensation benefits for any weeks
6 of unemployment during which the employe is incarcerated after a
7 conviction.
8 Section 2. The amendment of section 402.6 of the act shall
9 apply to claims filed after October 29, 1996.
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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