A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide unemployment tax relief to employers who hire people receiving unemployment benefits.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 96‑9(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(5a)	An employer is not required to pay contributions on payments the employer makes to an individual for six months after the employer employs the individual if at the time of the employment the individual was receiving unemployment benefits under this Article."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 1, 2009, and applies to any individual employed on or after that date.