Identical to H 676, filed 4/6/11.

Amends GS 96-12.01(a1)(4)c. (regarding benefits for weeks of unemployment in North Carolina) and GS 96-12.01(a1)(4)e. (regarding the total extended benefit amount) as the title indicates.
Adds a new sub-sub-subdivision to GS 96-12.01(a1)(4)c. to provide that the section applies as provided under the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Job Creation Act) as the Act existed on December 17, 2010, and applies to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after December 17, 2010, and ending on or before December 31, 2011, providing that statistical data regarding (1) the average rate of insured unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, or total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and (2) the average rate of total unemployment in North Carolina, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, meets the specified criteria.
Also adds a new sub-sub-subdivision to GS 96-12.01(a1)(4)e. to provide that the subdivision applies as provided under the Job Creation Act as the Act existed on December 17, 2010, and applies to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after December 17, 2010, and ending on or before December 31, 2011, providing that statistical data regarding (1) the average rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and (2) the average rate of total unemployment in this state, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, meets the specified criteria.
Effective when the act becomes law and expires January 1, 2012.