House File 754 H-1166 Amend House File 754 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. REPAYMENT OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 4 COMPENSATION —— WAIVER. Pursuant to the federal Coronavirus 5 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136, 6 §2107(e)(2), the department of workforce development shall 7 determine that repayment of pandemic emergency unemployment 8 compensation by any individual who received such compensation 9 to which the individual was not entitled without fault on the 10 part of the individual is, in all cases, contrary to equity and 11 good conscience and shall waive repayment of such compensation. 12 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 13 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 14 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 15 retroactively to pandemic emergency unemployment compensation 16 paid by the department of workforce development on or after 17 March 27, 2020. > 18 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting < An 19 Act relating to repayment of pandemic emergency unemployment 20 compensation and including effective date and retroactive 21 applicability provisions. > 22 ______________________________ HUNTER of Polk -1- HF754.1236 (1) 89 je/rn 1/ 1 #1. #2.