PRINTER'S NO. 2605
No. 2037 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, EGOLF, BASTIAN, FORCIER, HUTCHINSON,
MARSICO, R. MILLER, NAILOR AND ZUG, NOVEMBER 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, NOVEMBER 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for unemployment
3 compensation benefits.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7318. Unemployment compensation benefits.
9 (a) General rule.--Compensation payable under the act of
10 December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as
11 the Unemployment Compensation Law, shall not be reduced pursuant
12 to section 404(d)(1) of that act by reason of any military pay
13 and allowances paid to a member of the Pennsylvania National
14 Guard for periods of active duty for emergencies as declared by
15 the Governor, or drill and instruction under 32 U.S.C. §
16 502(a)(1) (relating to required drills and field exercises).
17 (b) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to military
18 pay and allowances paid to a member of the Pennsylvania National
1 Guard for active Federal service or participation in annual
2 training under 32 U.S.C. § 502(a)(2).
3 Section 2. This act shall apply to unemployment compensation
4 for weeks commencing on or after the effective date of this act.
5 Section 3. All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar
6 as they are inconsistent with this act.
7 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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