Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB210: Revise laws relating to unemployment insurance program collection rates and uses
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising unemployment insurance program collection rates and uses; clarifying and expanding the unemployment insurance program integrity act; creating a lower tax schedule to the unemployment insurance employer classification and experience rating rate schedule; permitting carryforward of penalty and interest money across fiscal years; providing limited disclosure of the motor vehicle record; amending sections 39-51-702, 39-51-706, 39-51-1218, 39-51-3201, 39-513202, and 61-11-508, mca; repealing section 39-51-703, mca; and providing effective dates.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM COLLECTION RATES AND USES; CLARIFYING AND EXPANDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM INTEGRITY ACT; CREATING A LOWER TAX SCHEDULE TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EMPLOYER CLASSIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE RATING RATE SCHEDULE; PERMITTING CARRYFORWARD OF PENALTY AND INTEREST MONEY ACROSS FISCAL YEARS; PROVIDING LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE RECORD; AMENDING SECTIONS 39-51-702, 39-51-706, 39-51-1218, 39-51-3201, 39-513202, AND 61-11-508, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 39-51-703, MCA; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES. Section 1. Section 39-51-702, MCA, is amended to read: "39-51-702. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to enhance program integrity for the state's unemployment insurance program by requiring the state to utilize a government or commercially available database to verify the integrity of the state's unemployment insurance rolls, check new hire records against unemployment insurance rolls on a weekly basis, and check state, county, and local prison and jail records." Section 2. Section 39-51-706, MCA, is amended to read: "39-51-706. Department duties -- integrity data hub -- review of information -- reporting to legislature. (1) The department of labor and industry department shall further program integrity and claimant eligibility by: (1)(a) engage with and utilize utilizing a commercially available database to verify the integrity of the state's unemployment insurance rolls the identity of applicants for benefits; (2)(b) on a weekly basis, check the unemployment insurance rolls against …