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HB 2137 Unemployment tax rate; penalties for transfering any trade or business for a lower tax rate.
Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Unemployment compensation; state unemployment tax dumping; penalties. Establishes the civil and criminal penalties that shall be assessed against, and the unemployment compensation tax rates that shall apply to, persons who transfer any trade or business to another where at the time of transfer there is substantially common ownership, management, or control of the trade or business and the sole or primary purpose of the transfer is to obtain a lower unemployment tax rate. Provisions prohibiting such transfers of a trade or business and imposing penalties will become effective in the first rate year as set forth in federal law. This bill is identical to SB 1201.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ord.printed w/emg.; offered 01/12/05 054311108 pdf | impact statements
- 01/21/05 House: Printed as engrossed 054311108-E pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ord.printed w/emg.; offered 01/12/05 054311108
- 01/11/05 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/18/05 House: Reported from C. & L. with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/05 House: Read first time
- 01/21/05 House: Read second time
- 01/21/05 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/21/05 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2137E
- 01/21/05 House: Printed as engrossed 054311108-E
- 01/24/05 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/05 House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/25/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/14/05 Senate: Reported from C. & L. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/05 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/17/05 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/17/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/17/05 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/05 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 91 (effective 3/20/05)
- 03/24/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091)