| | | This subsection is repealed April 1, 2003. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to April 1, | | 2002. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Contingent effective date. This Act takes effect only if the | | Federal Government fails to implement a similar program by July | | 1, 2002. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect July 1, 2002. |
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| | | This bill enacts a temporary emergency unemployment | | compensation program to provide up to an additional 13 weeks of | | unemployment benefits to individuals whose unemployment benefits | | run out on or after April 1, 2002 but before April 1, 2003. | | Claims and payment of benefits and charges to employers are | | handled in the same manner as under the current unemployment | | compensation law. The program is repealed April 1, 2003 and | | takes effect only if the Federal Government has failed to enact a | | similar program by July 1, 2002. |
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