S 1271 Session 123 (2019-2020)
S 1271 General Bill, By McLeod
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 41-35-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
RELATING TO WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS , SO AS TO MODIFY THE WEEKLY BENEFIT
AMOUNT; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 41-35-50, RELATING TO MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ANNUAL
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS . View full text
09/15/20 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
09/15/20 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry (Senate Journal-page 9)
S. 1271
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 41-35-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS , SO AS TO MODIFY THE WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 41-35-50 RELATING TO MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS .
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 41-35-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 41-35-40. An insured worker's weekly benefit amount is fifty percent of his weekly average wage, as defined in Section 41-27-140, and the weekly benefit amount, if not a multiple of one dollar, must be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar. However, no insured worker's weekly benefit amount may be less than forty-two dollars nor greater than sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the statewide average weekly wage most recently computed before the beginning of the individual's benefit year four hundred and one dollars."
SECTION 2. Section 41-35-50 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 2022.
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