Governor Perdue Signs Unemployment Legislation
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
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“Signing HB 581 will help prevent tax increases on
Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond and committee chairmen Rep. Mike Coan and Sen. Ralph Hudgens worked closely with the Governor’s Office to develop HB 581. To qualify for the federal funds, the state expanded unemployment benefits by allowing people seeking part-time work to qualify for unemployment. In addition, Georgians can receive unemployment while in a training program if they were laid off from a declining occupation and are training for a high-demand occupation. These changes will cost the state less than $1.2 million a year.
HB 581 also provides extended benefits for Georgians who have exhausted their 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits. The provision allows for an extra 13 weeks of benefits, which will be funded entirely by federal funds for almost all
The Governor also announced that the following legislation was signed into law. For more information on this legislation, please visit www.legis.state.ga.us.
Senate Bills
8
24
26
31
47
76
79
110
111
122
165
193
196
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210
House Bills
29
46
49
59
64
121
141
145
226
237
243
245
254
308
313
330
343
344
368
371
427
436
453
464
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