SB 607 -- UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS

SPONSOR:  Loudon

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Workforce
Development and Workplace Safety by a vote of 13 to 1.

This bill removes the exemption for salaries of elected officials
for purposes of calculating partial unemployment benefits.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that elected officials are treated as
a special class under existing unemployment law, and the bill
will fix that.

Testifying for the bill was Senator Loudon.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Mark Pioli, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:13 am