§ 8-75-108 — Total unemployment rate extended benefits

(1) For weeks of
unemployment beginning on or after November 1, 2020:

(a) There is an on indicator for a week of TUR extended benefits, in the
amount determined pursuant to sections 8-75-104 and 8-75-105, if subsections
(1)(a)(I) and (1)(a)(II) of this section apply:

(I) The seasonally adjusted TUR, as determined by the United States
secretary of labor, for the most recent three months for which data for all states is
published, equals or exceeds six and one-half percent;

(II) The average TUR in the state equals or exceeds one hundred ten percent
of the TUR for either or both of the corresponding three-month periods in the two
preceding calendar years.

(III) Repealed.

(b) There is an off indicator for weeks of TUR extended benefits if any of
the following applies:

(I) The TUR falls below six and one-half percent;

(II) The requirement described in subsection (1)(a)(II) of this section is not
satisfied; or

(III) Pursuant to section 4105 of the federal Families First Coronavirus
Response Act, Pub.L. 116-127, as amended, or pursuant to any other federal law,
there is not an extension of one hundred percent federal sharing available to cover
the cost of extended benefits.

(2) For weeks of unemployment beginning on or after November 1, 2020, the
total amount of TUR extended benefits payable in a high unemployment period to
an eligible individual with respect to his or her applicable benefit year shall be the
least of the following amounts:

(a) Eighty percent of the total amount of regular benefits that were payable
to the eligible individual under articles 70 to 82 of this title 8 in the applicable
benefit year;

(b) Twenty times the weekly benefit amount that was payable to the eligible
individual under articles 70 to 82 of this title 8 for a week of total unemployment in
the applicable benefit year; or

(c) Forty-six times the individual's weekly benefit amount, including any
applicable dependents' allowances, for a week of total unemployment in the
applicable benefit year, reduced by the total amount of regular benefits that were
paid or deemed paid to the individual with respect to the applicable benefit year.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-247), ch. 405, p. 2235, � 9, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-010), ch. 76, p. 209, � 3, effective March 29. L. 2020, 1st Ex. Sess.: IP(1), IP(1)(a), (1)(b), and (2) amended and (1)(a)(III) repealed, (SB 20B-002), ch. 8, p. 43, � 4, effective December 7.