2009 Senate Bill 615 (Authorize and allocate unemployment insurance violation penalties )

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Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on May 27, 2009, to create an unemployment insurance fraud control fund to buy software that can detect and collect benefit overpayments. Certain unemployment insurance penalties and interest would be deposited in the fund.
- Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on May 27, 2009.
  - Motion by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on June 24, 2009, to discharge the Committee on Commerce and Tourism from further consideration of the bill and move it directly to the House floor for immediate consideration and debate. The motion passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 24, 2009.
- Amendment offered in the Senate on June 25, 2009, to adopt a technical amendment changing language of the bill to correct an internal inconsistency. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 25, 2009.
Passed in the Senate (20 to 16) on June 25, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the House on June 25, 2009.
- Referred to the House Labor Committee on June 25, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 615 (Authorize and allocate unemployment insurance violation penalties ) [by Admin003 on June 26, 2009]

Senator Kahn’s statement is as follows:

This legislation will create a separate fund known as the Special Fraud Control Fund. It’s goal is to be well proactive in collecting the overpayment of benefits. Those monies, including all interest and penalties. All interest that is earned on the fund, all this money will be appropriated through the Unemployment Insurance Agency for the purpose of obtaining software packages that will aid in the success in detecting and collecting all overpayments.

Attached to the legislation is a provision that will require a report to be submitted on the success of this effort. And, of course, this legislation is part of dealing with the issue of accuracy in payments, dealing with the $2 billion that we owe the feds, and the $100 million that we have overpaid. I urge its passage.

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2) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 615 (Authorize and allocate unemployment insurance violation penalties ) [by Admin003 on June 26, 2009]

Senator Gleason, under his constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the passage of Senate Bill No. 615 and moved that the statement he made during the discussion of the bill be printed as his reasons for voting “no.”

The motion prevailed.

Senator Gleason’s statement is as follows:

Reading this bill over, I see that, once again, the sponsor of the bill has put all the preponderance of responsibility on the employee. I am trying to find in this legislation where it says that the employers themselves, who may be culpable to these misdeeds, would have the same obligations placed on them. But it seems like, once again, that it is singling out the Michigan workers, the recipients themselves, of this compassion to contribute to their family funds. I think we should be fair across the board and put the same responsibilities on those who are involved in paying into the fund as those who are collecting the compensation themselves. I do not see anywhere in this legislation where we have tried to do that, have accomplished that, or even have a suggestion of doing that. I will be voting “no” on this because, once again, it is putting the responsibility on the Michigan workers.

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3) 2009 Senate Bill 615 (Authorize and allocate unemployment insurance violation penalties ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on May 27, 2009

The vote was 20 in favor, 16 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 358 at Senate Journal 0)

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