S 0421 {Rat #60, Act #47 of 2021} General Bill, By Alexander
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-35-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT SECURITY BENEFITS WHEN
 FEDERALLY FUNDED, SO AS TO REDUCE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FROM THREE YEARS TO TWO
 YEARS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE IS AN "ON" INDICATOR FOR THIS STATE. -
 ratified title

   01/12/21  Senate Introduced and read first time
                     (Senate Journal-page 306)
   01/12/21  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 306)
   02/16/21  Senate Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 4)
   02/17/21         Scrivener's error corrected
   02/18/21  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   02/18/21  Senate Roll call Ayes-41  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 14)
   02/23/21  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 8)
   02/24/21  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 9)
   02/24/21  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (House Journal-page 9)
   04/29/21  House  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (House Journal-page 78)
   05/04/21  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 105)
   05/04/21  House  Roll call Yeas-97  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 105)
   05/05/21  House  Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 7)
   05/13/21         Ratified R  60
   05/17/21         Signed By Governor
   06/01/21         Effective date  05/17/21
   06/01/21         Act No.  47

(A47, R60, S421)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-35-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT SECURITY BENEFITS WHEN FEDERALLY FUNDED, SO AS TO REDUCE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FROM THREE YEARS TO TWO YEARS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE IS AN "ON" INDICATOR FOR THIS STATE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

"On" indicator, lookback period decreased

SECTION    1.    Section 41-35-320(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(2)    There is a state 'on' indicator for this State for a week in which the United States Secretary of Labor determines that for the period consisting of the most recent three months, the rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, equaled or exceeded six and a half percent, and the average rate of total unemployment for the State, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor for this period equals or exceeds one hundred ten percent of the average unemployment for the State in one or more of the corresponding three-month periods ending in the two preceding calendar years."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 13th day of May, 2021.

Approved the 17th day of May, 2021.