Bill Text: CA AB2748 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Unemployment insurance: retraining benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-22 - Read first time. [AB2748 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2748-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2748	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1266 of the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to unemployment insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2748, as introduced, Furutani. Unemployment insurance:
retraining benefits.
   Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits to
eligible persons who are unemployed through no fault of their own.
Existing law declares that it is the policy of this state to assist
these individuals by providing unemployment compensation benefits,
extended duration benefits, and other federally funded unemployment
benefits, including those available under the federal Trade Act of
1974, as amended by the federal Trade Act of 2002, during a period of
retraining.
   This bill would additionally specify that it is the policy of the
state to assist unemployed individuals by providing retraining
benefits available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1266 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
   1266.  Experience has shown that the ability of a large number of
the population of California to compete for jobs in the labor market
is impaired by advancement in technological improvements, the
widespread effects of automation and relocation in our economy, and
foreign competition as set forth in petitions certified under the
federal Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Title 19, United States Code,
Sections 2101 et seq.). The Legislature finds that many individuals
in California are lacking in skills which would make them competitive
in the labor market. They are in need of training or retraining in
skills required in demand occupations. It is the policy of this state
to assist these individuals by providing unemployment compensation
benefits, extended duration benefits, and other federally funded
unemployment compensation benefits, including those available under
the federal Trade Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-618), as amended by the
federal Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210),  and the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 110-5) 
during a period of retraining to qualify them for new jobs in demand
occupations and thus avoid long-term unemployment.