CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1695Introduced by Committee on Insurance (Assembly Members Daly (Chair), Melendez (Vice Chair), Bigelow, Caballero, Calderon, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, and Frazier)February 27, 2017 An act to amend Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1695, as introduced, Committee on Insurance. Unemployment insurance: penalties.Existing law provides that any person who fails to file any return or report required by the Unemployment Insurance Code, or who makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of a specified amount, and violation of that provision is a misdemeanor that is punishable by a fine, imprisonment for a specified period, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that all penalties collected under specified provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Code are deposited into the Employment Development Department Contingent Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund.This bill would increase the civil penalty and criminal fine described above by a specified amount.This bill would make an appropriation by providing for the deposit of increased penalties into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1695Introduced by Committee on Insurance (Assembly Members Daly (Chair), Melendez (Vice Chair), Bigelow, Caballero, Calderon, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, and Frazier)February 27, 2017 An act to amend Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1695, as introduced, Committee on Insurance. Unemployment insurance: penalties.Existing law provides that any person who fails to file any return or report required by the Unemployment Insurance Code, or who makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of a specified amount, and violation of that provision is a misdemeanor that is punishable by a fine, imprisonment for a specified period, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that all penalties collected under specified provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Code are deposited into the Employment Development Department Contingent Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund.This bill would increase the civil penalty and criminal fine described above by a specified amount.This bill would make an appropriation by providing for the deposit of increased penalties into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1695
Introduced by Committee on Insurance (Assembly Members Daly (Chair), Melendez (Vice Chair), Bigelow, Caballero, Calderon, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, and Frazier)February 27, 2017
Introduced by Committee on Insurance (Assembly Members Daly (Chair), Melendez (Vice Chair), Bigelow, Caballero, Calderon, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, and Frazier)
February 27, 2017
An act to amend Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1695, as introduced, Committee on Insurance. Unemployment insurance: penalties.
Existing law provides that any person who fails to file any return or report required by the Unemployment Insurance Code, or who makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of a specified amount, and violation of that provision is a misdemeanor that is punishable by a fine, imprisonment for a specified period, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that all penalties collected under specified provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Code are deposited into the Employment Development Department Contingent Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund.This bill would increase the civil penalty and criminal fine described above by a specified amount.This bill would make an appropriation by providing for the deposit of increased penalties into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund.
Existing law provides that any person who fails to file any return or report required by the Unemployment Insurance Code, or who makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of a specified amount, and violation of that provision is a misdemeanor that is punishable by a fine, imprisonment for a specified period, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that all penalties collected under specified provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Code are deposited into the Employment Development Department Contingent Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund.
This bill would increase the civil penalty and criminal fine described above by a specified amount.
This bill would make an appropriation by providing for the deposit of increased penalties into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
SECTION 1. Section 2117 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,000), ($1,500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.