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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to unemployment insurance; adopting additional benefits for certain iron
3	3		1.3 ore mining employees.
4	4		1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5		1.5 Section 1. IRON ORE MINING ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
6	6		1.6PROGRAM.
7	7		1.7 Subdivision 1.Availability of additional benefits.Additional unemployment benefits
8	8		1.8are available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund to an applicant who
9	9		1.9was laid off due to lack of work on or after March 15, 2025, and before June 16, 2025, from:
10		-	1.10 (1) an employer in the iron ore mining industry that laid off 40 percent or more of the
	10	+	1.10 (1) an employer in the iron ore mining industry that laid off 50 percent or more of the
11	11		1.11employer's workforce on or after March 15, 2025, and before June 16, 2025; or
12	12		1.12 (2) an employer that is in the explosive manufacturing industry providing goods or
13	13		1.13services to an employer in the iron ore mining industry if the applicant was laid off due to
14	14		1.14the cessation or substantial reduction in operations of an employer in the iron ore mining
15	15		1.15industry as described in clause (1).
16	16		1.16 Subd. 2.Eligibility requirements.An applicant is eligible to receive additional
17	17		1.17unemployment benefits under this section for any week through the week ending June 19,
18	18		1.182026, if:
19	19		1.19 (1) the applicant established a benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07,
20	20		1.20with 50 percent or greater of the wage credits from an employer as described in subdivision
21	21		1.211, and has exhausted the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available on
22	22		1.22that benefit account; and
23	23		1Section 1.
24		-	REVISOR SS ~~H3023-1~~~~HF3023 FIRST ENGROSSMENT~~
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25	25		State of Minnesota
26	26		This Document can be made available
27	27		in alternative formats upon request
28	28		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29		H. F. No. 3023
30	30		NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31		-	Authored by Johnson, P., and Falconer04/01/2025
32		-	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
33		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means04/10/2025 2.1 (2) the applicant meets the same requirements that an applicant for regular unemployment
	31	+	Authored by Johnson, P.,04/01/2025
	32	+	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) the applicant meets the same requirements that an applicant for regular unemployment
34	33		2.2benefits must meet under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.069, subdivision 1.
35	34		2.3 Subd. 3.Weekly and maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits.(a)
36	35		2.4The weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment benefits is the same as the weekly
37	36		2.5benefit amount of regular unemployment benefits on the benefit account established in
38	37		2.6subdivision 2, clause (1).
39	38		2.7 (b) The maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available to an applicant
40	39		2.8under this section is an amount equal to 26 weeks of payment at the applicant's weekly
41	40		2.9additional unemployment benefit amount.
42	41		2.10 (c) If an applicant qualifies for a new regular benefit account that meets the requirements
43	42		2.11of subdivision 4, paragraph (b), before the applicant has been paid additional unemployment
44	43		2.12benefits, and the new regular benefit account meets the requirements of subdivision 2, clause
45	44		2.13(1), the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount is equal to the weekly
46	45		2.14unemployment benefit amount on the applicant's new regular benefit account.
47	46		2.15 Subd. 4.Qualifying for a new regular benefit account.(a) If, after exhausting the
48	47		2.16maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available as a result of the layoff under
49	48		2.17subdivision 1, an applicant qualifies for the new regular benefit account under Minnesota
50	49		2.18Statutes, section 268.07, the applicant must apply for and establish the new regular benefit
51	50		2.19account.
52	51		2.20 (b) If the applicant's weekly benefit amount under the new regular benefit account is
53	52		2.21equal to or higher than the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount, the
54	53		2.22applicant must request unemployment benefits under the new regular benefit account. An
55	54		2.23applicant is ineligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section until the
56	55		2.24applicant has exhausted the maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on the
57	56		2.25new regular benefit account.
58	57		2.26 (c) If the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount on the new regular benefit
59	58		2.27account is less than the applicant's weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment
60	59		2.28benefits, the applicant must request additional unemployment benefits. An applicant is
61	60		2.29ineligible for new regular unemployment benefits until the applicant has exhausted the
62	61		2.30maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available under this section.
63	62		2.31 Subd. 5.Eligibility for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits.An applicant
64	63		2.32who has applied and been determined eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance
65	64		2.33benefits is not eligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section.
66	65		2Section 1.
67		-	REVISOR SS ~~H3023-1~~~~HF3023 FIRST ENGROSSMENT~~ 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from March 15, 2025.
	66	+	REVISOR SS/EN 25-0531603/28/25 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from March 15, 2025.
68	67		3Section 1.
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