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341.735 Reduction of extended benefit amount.
Notwithstanding any state statute to the contrary and to the extent permitted by federal
law, for any week during a period in which federal payments to states under Section 204
of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 are reduced
under an order issued under Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177):
(1) The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of total
unemployment in his eligibility period shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to
one-half (1/2) of the federal reduction and the resultant weekly amount, if not a full
dollar amount, shall be adjusted to the nearest multiple of one dollar ($1);
(2) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible worker with respect to his
applicable benefit year shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to the aggregate of
the reductions under subsection (1) of this section in the weekly amounts paid to the
individual; and
(3) Subject employers, except governmental entities as defined in KRS 341.069, shall
be charged, in addition to the amount of regular benefits chargeable under KRS
341.530, the difference of the amount of extended benefits paid the worker under
this section and the amount of the federal payment after reduction. Governmental
entities excepted by this subsection shall be charged for regular and extended
benefits in accordance with KRS 341.530.
Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 397, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.
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