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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 377
BY SENATOR MARTINY
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. Provides relative to reciprocal agreements with federal and
state agencies. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 23:1665(A) and (A)(4), relative2
to unemployment compensation; to provide for credit to employers for contributions3
paid to another state or federal unemployment compensation fund; to remove the4
administrative discretion with regard to award of such credit; to provide for the5
setting of dates; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 23:1665(A) and (A)(4) are hereby8
amended and reenacted to read as follows:9
ยง1665. Reciprocal arrangements with federal and state agencies10
A. The administrator may enter into shall propose reciprocal arrangements11
with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the United States,12
or both, whereby:13
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(4) For the purposes of R.S. 23:1543 through 1551, contributions due under15
this Chapter only with respect to wages for insured work shall be deemed to have16
been paid to the fund as of the date payment was made as contributions therefor17 SB NO. 377
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under another state or federal unemployment compensation law ;, provided that1
proof of the contribution is provided to the administrator, by a date to be set by2
the administrator, but no such arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains3
provisions for the reimbursement of such the contributions and the actual earnings4
thereon, as the administrator finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected5
interests.6
Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to Paragraph (3) of this7
Subsection shall be deemed to be benefits for the purpose of Parts II and V of this8
Chapter. The administrator may make to other state or federal agencies and receive9
from them, reimbursements from or to the fund, in accordance with arrangements10
entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Section.11
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The original instrument was prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien. The
following digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative
instrument, was prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
Martiny (SB 377)
Present law provides that the administrator for the unemployment insurance fund (executive
director of the La. Workforce Commission) may enter into reciprocal arrangements with
unemployment agencies of other states or the United States, or both, regarding the payment
of unemployment contributions that are made by employers to other states or to the federal
government.
Proposed law relieves the administrator of any discretion and requires that the administrator
negotiate reciprocal arrangements with other states or the federal government.
Present law provides that unemployment insurance contributions due in Louisiana from an
employer, with respect to wages for insured work, shall be deemed to have been paid to the
Louisiana fund as of the date that the payment was made under another state or federal
unemployment compensation law.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that proof of the contribution must be
provided to the administrator by a date set by the administrator.
Present law provides that no such reciprocal arrangement shall be entered into unless it
contains provisions for the reimbursement of such contributions and the actual earnings
thereon, as the administrator finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests.
Proposed law relieves discretion of the administrator to approve the reciprocal credit
regarding the unemployment contributions made by employers to other states or to the
federal government.
Effective August 1, 2014. SB NO. 377
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(Amends R.S. 23:1665(A)(intro para) and (A)(4))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial
Relations to the original bill
1. Removes discretion of the administrator and, therefore, mandates the
administrator to enter into reciprocal arrangements with other states or the
federal government.
2. Requires a date for proof of contributions.