75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 3140
 
LC 3106/HB 3140-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3140
 
               By COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND LABOR
 
                            April 22
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after the first
semicolon delete the rest of the line and delete lines 3 and 4
and insert 'amending ORS 657.380; and declaring an emergency.'.
  Delete lines 6 through 31 and delete pages 2 through 7 and
insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } ORS 657.380 is amended to read:
  ' 657.380. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, for the purposes of ORS 657.370 to 657.390, an
individual is unemployed and eligible to receive shared work
benefits with respect to any week if, in addition to meeting all
other eligibility requirements of this chapter, except as
specifically excepted in subsection (4) of this section, the
Director of the Employment Department finds:
  ' (a) During the week the individual is employed as a member of
an affected group in an approved plan which was approved prior to
the week and is in effect for the week.
  ' (b) During the week the individual's normal weekly hours of
work were reduced, in accordance with an approved plan, at least
20 percent but not more than 40 percent, with a corresponding
reduction in wages.
  ' (2) Shared work benefits shall not be paid to an eligible
individual for more than   { - 26 - }   { + 52 + } weeks under an
approved plan or modification thereof.
  ' (3) The total amount of regular benefits and shared work
benefits paid to an individual in a benefit year shall not exceed
the total for the benefit year as provided in ORS 657.150 (5).
  ' (4) An otherwise eligible individual shall not be denied
benefits under this section because of the application of any
provision of this chapter relating to availability for work,
active search for work or refusal to apply for or accept work
from other than the individual's shared work employer.
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
                         ----------