BILL NUMBER: SB 222	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ducheny

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to amend Section 930 of the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to unemployment compensation, and making an appropriation
therefor, to take effect immediately, tax levy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 222, as introduced, Ducheny. Unemployment compensation: wages.
   Existing unemployment insurance law requires each employee to make
a contribution, as defined, to the Unemployment Fund with respect to
wages paid by the employer to the employees, as provided.
   Existing law excludes from the definition of "wages," for purposes
of the Unemployment Insurance Law, remuneration in excess of $7,000
paid to an individual by an employer during any calendar year, with
respect to employment.
   This bill would revise this provision to exclude remuneration in
excess of $21,000.
   By providing for the deposit of additional moneys into the
Unemployment Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would
make an appropriation.
   This bill would result in a change in state taxes for the purpose
of increasing state revenues within the meaning of Section 3 of
Article XIII A of the California Constitution, and thus would require
for passage the approval of 2/3 of the membership of each house of
the Legislature.
   This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 930 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
   930.  "Wages" does not include remuneration in excess of 
seven thousand dollars ($7,000)   twenty-one thousand
dollars ($21,000)  paid to an individual by an employer during
any calendar year, with respect to employment.
  SEC. 2.  This act provides for a tax levy within the meaning of
Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.