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);

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 341.735

  • Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
  • Benefits: means the money payments payable to a worker under this chapter and under any previous unemployment compensation law of this state with respect to his unemployment. See Kentucky Statutes 341.020
  • Extended benefits: means benefits, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-servicemen pursuant to 5 U. See Kentucky Statutes 341.096
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: includes , in addition to the states of the United States of America, the
    District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Dominion of Canada, and Virgin Islands. See Kentucky Statutes 341.020
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Week: means such period of seven (7) consecutive calendar days as the cabinet prescribes in administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 341.080
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(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.