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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§383-A Unemployment insurance technology
special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the
unemployment insurance technology special fund to be administered by the department. All assessments collected pursuant to section
383-B_and all moneys received by the fund from any other source shall be
deposited in the unemployment insurance technology special fund.
(b) Moneys in the unemployment insurance
technology special fund shall be used by the department for the operating
expenses to operate and maintain the department's information technology
infrastructure used for the payment of benefits and contributions as provided
for in this chapter. Administrative
costs for the collection of the unemployment insurance technology special fund assessments
and for costs related to the establishment and maintenance of the unemployment
insurance technology special fund shall be borne by the fund.
(c) The director shall submit a report to the
legislature on the status of the unemployment insurance technology special
fund, including expenditures and program results, not less than twenty days
prior to the convening of each regular session, provided that the director may
include the report in the report required by section 383-126.5.
§383-B Unemployment
insurance technology assessment.
(a) In addition to
contributions determined by section 383-68, every employer, except an employer
who has elected an alternative method of financing liability for unemployment
compensation benefits pursuant to section 383-62, shall be subject to an unemployment
insurance technology assessment at a rate of .01 per cent of taxable wages as
specified in section 383-61.
(b) Collections from the unemployment insurance
technology assessment shall be made in the same manner and at the same time as
any contributions required under section 383-61, and shall not be deducted, in
whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in an employer's employ.
(c) Any assessments collected pursuant to this
section shall remain separate and shall not be included in any manner in
computing unemployment contribution rates assigned to employers in accordance
with sections 383-63 to 383-68.
(d) The director may impose penalty and interest
on delinquent unemployment insurance technology assessments in the same manner
as provided for contributions to the unemployment compensation fund in section
383-73. For purposes of computation of
penalty and interest under this subsection, unemployment insurance technology
assessments shall be considered part of the employer's
contributions to the unemployment compensation fund.
(e) Collection of money from an employer
delinquent in paying unemployment insurance technology assessments, employment
and training fund assessments, or contributions to the unemployment
compensation fund pursuant to this chapter shall first be applied to interest
and penalty, then applied to delinquent unemployment compensation
contributions, then to delinquent unemployment insurance technology assessments,
and finally to delinquent employment and training assessments."
SECTION 2. Section 383-129, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) Collection of money from an employer
delinquent in paying employment and
training assessments, unemployment insurance technology assessments, or
contributions to the unemployment compensation fund pursuant to this chapter
shall first be applied to interest and penalty, then applied to delinquent
unemployment compensation contributions, [and finally to delinquent
employment and training assessments.] then to delinquent unemployment
insurance technology assessments, and finally to delinquent employment and
training assessments."
SECTION 3. In codifying the new sections added by
section 1 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate
section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in the
Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory
material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on January 1, 2024.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Hawaii Employment Security Law; Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Description:
Creates the Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund that will be funded by an additional assessment of .01 per cent to Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund contributions to support the information technology operating and maintenance expenses for the payment of benefits and contributions under Hawaii's Employment Security Law.
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