Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0107.01 Christy Chase x2008  SENATE BILL 14-057
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Heath, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Hullinghorst, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Business, Labor, & Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning continuation of enhanced unemployment
            insurance benefits for unemployed individuals
            participating in approved training programs.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Under current law, enhanced unemployment insurance benefits for
       unemployed individuals participating in approved training programs are
       set to expire on June 30, 2014. The bill extends the availability of
       enhanced benefits through June 30, 2017. The department of labor and
       employment is authorized to obligate up to $4 million per year during the
       2014-15 through 2016-17 fiscal years to pay enhanced unemployment
       compensation benefits to eligible claimants during that period.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-73-114, amend (3)
       (b), (5), (6) introductory portion, and (9); and repeal (4) (b) (III) as
       follows:
            8-73-114.  Enhanced unemployment insurance compensation
       benefits - eligibility - approved training programs - amount of
       benefits - outreach - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and
       donations - repeal. (3) (b)  The division shall not pay enhanced
       unemployment insurance compensation benefits pursuant to this section
       after June 30, 2014 2017.
            (4) (b) (III) (A)  The division shall notify the legislative council
       staff when it has received adequate funding through gifts, grants, or
       donations to implement this section and shall include in the notification
       the information specified in section 24-75-1303 (3), C.R.S.
            (B)  This subparagraph (III) is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.
            (5)  The division may pay enhanced unemployment insurance
       compensation benefits pursuant to this section but shall not obligate
       expenditures beyond the limits specified in this section or as otherwise
       established by the general assembly. For the 2009-10, 2010-11, and
       2011-12 fiscal years, the director may obligate a total of fifteen million
       dollars to be expended over those three fiscal years. For the 2012-13 and
       2013-14 fiscal years, the director may obligate a total of eight million
       dollars to be expended to pay enhanced unemployment compensation
       benefits during those two fiscal years. For the 2014-15 through
       2016-17 fiscal years, the director may obligate a total of
       twelve million dollars, but not more than four million dollars
       in any given fiscal year, to pay enhanced unemployment
       compensation benefits during those three fiscal years.
            (6)  By December 31, 2009, and by each December 31 thereafter
       until December 31, 2013 2016, the division shall submit a report to the
       joint budget committee, the economic and business, labor, and
       economic and workforce development committee of the house of
       representatives and the business, labor, and technology committee of the
       senate, or their successor committees, regarding the status of the
       enhanced unemployment insurance compensation benefits program and
       the resulting outcomes. The report shall include at least the following:
            (9)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2014 2017.
            SECTION 2.  Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2014.
            SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.