BILL NUMBER: AB 274	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2011

   An act to add Section 1028.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to unemployment insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 274, as amended, Garrick. Unemployment insurance benefits:
claims: right to respond.
   Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to
provide notice of the filing of an unemployment claim to the claimant'
s last employing unit, and requires the employing unit to submit,
within 10 days after the mailing of the notice, any facts that may
affect the claimant's eligibility for benefits, as specified, and
permits this 10-day period to be extended for good cause.
   This bill would additionally require the department, when
notifying an employing unit that an unemployment claim has been
filed, to provide a direct link to its Internet Web site to the page
that describes what circumstances establish good cause  , in
accordance with specified procedures  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1028.5 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   1028.5.   (a)    When notifying an employing
unit that an unemployment claim has been filed, the department shall
provide a direct Internet Web site link to the page that describes
what circumstances establish good cause, which link is available at
http://www.edd.ca.gov/UIBDG/Miscellaneous_MI_40.htm or its successor
Web site address, as it may be updated. 
   (b) The department shall not be required to update its standard
forms, publications, and signs to comply with subdivision (a) until
all of its existing stock of forms, publications, and signs for this
purpose is depleted.