BILL NUMBER: AB 274	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2011
	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, 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 for an
extension of the 10-day period during which the employer may submit
facts on the claim, in accordance with specified procedures.


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 for an extension of the 10-day period during
which the employer may submit facts on the claim, which link is
available at http://www.edd.ca.gov/UIBDG/Miscellaneous_MI_40.htm or
its successor Internet 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.