BILL NUMBER: AB 2601	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section  3656   15003 
of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment
insurance.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2601, as amended, Furutani.  Unemployment insurance:
extended duration benefits: extended duration award computation.
  California Workforce Investment Board: duties: report
on Green Collar Jobs Council activities. 
   Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
(CWIB), and requires the board to establish a committee known as the
Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC). Existing law requires the GCJC to
perform certain functions and duties, including the development of a
strategic initiative, relating to the training and development of a
skilled workforce to meet the needs of California's emerging green
economy. Existing law requires the CWIB to annually report to the
Legislature on the status of GCJC activities, grants awarded, and its
development and implementation of a green workforce strategic
initiative.  
   This bill would additionally require the CWIB to provide that
annual report to the Governor and would require the CWIB to post the
report on its Internet Web site for inspection by the public. 

   Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to
make an extended duration award computation upon the filing of a
valid primary claim by an exhaustee, as defined, and notify the
exhaustee of the computation. Existing law provides that the
exhaustee may protest the accuracy of the computation within a
specified time period and requires the department to consider the
protest and promptly notify the exhaustee of the recomputation or
denial of recomputation.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to those
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 15003 of the  
Unemployment Insurance Code   is amended to read: 
   15003.  (a)  (1)    On or before April 1, 2011,
and annually each April 1 thereafter, the CWIB shall report to the
 Governor and the  Legislature on the status of GCJC
activities, grants awarded, and its development and implementation of
a green workforce strategic initiative. 
   (2) The CWIB shall post the annual report on its Internet Web site
for inspection by the public. 
   (b) The GCJC shall also consult with the appropriate state and
local agencies to identify opportunities to coordinate the award of
grant and green workforce training funds received by the state under
the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public
Law 111-5) or any other funding sources. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 3656 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code is amended to read:
   3656.  Upon the filing of a valid primary claim by an exhaustee,
the department shall promptly make an extended duration award
computation that shall set forth the maximum amount of extended
duration benefits potentially payable during the extended duration
period, the weekly benefit amount, and the expiration date of the
extended duration period. The department shall promptly notify the
exhaustee of the computation. The exhaustee may, within 20 days after
the mailing or personal service of the notice of computation,
protest its accuracy. The 20-day period may be extended for good
cause. The department shall consider the protest and shall promptly
notify the exhaustee of the recomputation or denial of recomputation.
An appeal may be taken from a notice of denial of recomputation in
the manner prescribed in Section 3655. The director shall be an
interested party to any appeal.
   "Good cause," as used in this section, shall include, but not be
limited to, mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.