CHAPTER 77
SB 418-FN - FINAL VERSION
2002 SESSION
08/10
SENATE BILL 418-FN
AN ACT relative to unemployment compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Flanders, Dist 7; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Below, Dist 5; Sen. Burns, Dist 1; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. D'Allessandro, Dist 20; Sen. Disnard, Dist 8; Sen. Eaton, Dist 10; Sen. Fernald, Dist 11; Sen. Francoeur, Dist 14; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. Gordon, Dist 2; Sen. Hollingworth, Dist 23; Sen. Johnson, Dist 3; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Sen. O'Hearn, Dist 12; Sen. O'Neil, Dist 18; Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Rep. Bishop, Rock 12
This bill increases the amount of unemployment compensation available to claimants.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-3180
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to unemployment compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
77:1 Weekly Benefit Amount for Total Unemployment and Maximum Total Amount of Benefits Payable During any Benefit Year; Version Prior to June 30, 2002. Amend RSA 282-A:25, I to read as follows:
I. The maximum weekly benefit amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall be determined by the individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:
Annual Earnings of Maximum Weekly Maximum
Not Less Than Benefit Amount Benefits
$ 2,800 $ 32 $ 832
3,100 35 910
3,400 39 1,014
3,900 45 1,170
4,200 48 1,248
4,500 52 1,352
4,800 55 1,430
5,100 59 1,534
5,600 64 1,664
6,100 69 1,794
6,600 75 1,950
7,000 80 2,080
7,400 83 2,158
7,800 88 2,288
8,200 92 2,392
8,600 96 2,496
9,000 101 2,626
9,500 105 2,730
10,000 110 2,860
10,500 115 2,990
11,000 [119] 120 [3,094] 3,120
11,500 [123] 126 [3,198] 3,276
12,500 [130] 137 [3,380] 3,562
13,500 [140] 148 [3,640] 3,848
14,500 [151] 159 [3,926] 4,134
15,500 [158] 167 [4,108] 4,342
16,500 [168] 178 [4,368] 4,628
17,500 [178] 188 [4,628] 4,888
18,500 [189] 199 [4,914] 5,174
19,500 [199] 206 [5,174] 5,356
20,500 [209] 217 [5,434] 5,642
21,500 [219] 227 [5,694] 5,902
22,500 [229] 238 [5,954] 6,188
23,500 [240] 249 [6,240] 6,474
24,500 [250] 254 [6,500] 6,604
25,500 [260] 265 [6,760] 6,890
26,500 [270] 275 [7,020] 7,150
27,500 [280] 286 [7,280] 7,436
28,500 290 7,540
29,500 301 7,826
30,500 311 8,086
31,500 321 8,346
32,500 331 8,606
33,500 342 8,892
34,500 352 9,152
35,500 362 9,412
36,500 372 9,672
77:2 Weekly Benefit Amount for Total Unemployment and Maximum Total Amount of Benefits Payable During any Benefit Year; June 30, 2002 Version. RSA 282-A:25, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I. The maximum weekly benefit amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall be determined by the individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:
Annual Earnings of Maximum Weekly Maximum
Not Less Than Benefit Amount Benefits
$ 2,800 $ 32 $ 832
3,100 35 910
3,400 39 1,014
3,900 45 1,170
4,200 48 1,248
4,500 52 1,352
4,800 55 1,430
5,100 59 1,534
5,600 64 1,664
6,100 69 1,794
6,600 75 1,950
7,000 80 2,080
7,400 83 2,158
7,800 88 2,288
8,200 92 2,392
8,600 96 2,496
9,000 101 2,626
9,500 105 2,730
10,000 110 2,860
10,500 115 2,990
11,000 120 3,120
11,500 126 3,276
12,500 137 3,562
13,500 148 3,848
14,500 159 4,134
15,500 167 4,342
16,500 178 4,628
17,500 188 4,888
18,500 199 5,174
19,500 206 5,356
20,500 217 5,642
21,500 227 5,902
22,500 238 6,188
23,500 249 6,474
24,500 254 6,604
25,500 265 6,890
26,500 275 7,150
27,500 286 7,436
28,500 290 7,540
29,500 301 7,826
30,500 311 8,086
31,500 321 8,346
32,500 331 8,606
33,500 342 8,892
34,500 352 9,152
35,500 362 9,412
36,500 372 9,672
77:3 Effective Date.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect on the Sunday following the date of its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect at 12:01 on June 30, 2002.
(Approved: May 1, 2002)
(Effective Date: I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect May 5, 2002
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect at 12:01 on June 30, 2002)