BILL NUMBER: AB 2627	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Sections 1326.1, 2701.1, and 3657 to the
Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to benefits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2627, as introduced, Allen. Benefits payments: direct deposit.
   Existing law authorizes the Employment Development Department to
administer the state unemployment insurance and the disability
compensation programs and to distribute those benefits.
   This bill would require the department to distribute these
benefits through direct deposit without the use of an EDD debit card
upon request of an eligible claimant.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1326.1 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   1326.1.  The department shall distribute unemployment compensation
benefits through direct deposit by electronic fund transfer into an
eligible claimant's account at the financial institution of his or
her choice without the use of an EDD debit card upon the request of
an eligible claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the
department.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2701.1 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   2701.1.  The department shall distribute disability benefits
through direct deposit by electronic fund transfer into an eligible
claimant's account at the financial institution of his or her choice
without the use of an EDD debit card upon the request of an eligible
claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the department.
  SEC. 3.  Section 3657 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
to read:
   3657.  The department shall distribute extended duration benefits
through direct deposit by electronic fund transfer into an eligible
claimant's account at the financial institution of his or her choice
without the use of an EDD debit card upon the request of an eligible
claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the department.