Ch. 639 LAWS OF MARYLAND

three calendar years immediately preceding the computation date by the total of his
reported annual payrolls for the three calendar years immediately preceding that
computation date. However, for any employer who has not been subject to the
provisions of this article for a period of time sufficient to meet the three-calendar-year
requirement, that benefit ratio is the quotient obtained by dividing the total benefits
chargeable to his experience-rating record and paid during the entire period, ending on
December 31 immediately preceding the computation date, that he has been subject to
this article by the total amount of wages for employment paid by the employer during
the period beginning with the first day of the calendar quarter in which he first became
subject to the provisions of this article and ending on December 31 of the calendar year
immediately preceding that computation date, with respect to which wages have been
reported on or before that computation date. That benefit ratio shall be computed to
the fourth decimal point.

(ii) 1.. The contribution rate of each employer for whom a benefit
ratio is computed shall be as set forth in the table below, hereafter referred to as the
"table of basic rates":

	Employer'S		Employer's
	Benefit		Basic
	Ratio		Contribution
			Rate
	.0000 —		0.1%
	.0001 —	.0009 .......................................................................................	0.2%
	.0010 — ,	.0018 .......................................................................................	0.3%
	.0019 — ,	.0027 .......................................................................................	0.4%
	.0028 — ,	.0036 .......................................................................................	0.5%
	.0037 — .	.0045 .......................................................................................	0.6%
	.0046 — .	.0054 .......................................................................................	0.7%
	.0055 — .	0063 .......................................................................................	0.8%
	.0064 — .	.0072 .......................................................................................	0.9%
	.0073 — .	0081 .......................................................................................	1.0%
	.0082 — .	0090 .......................................................................................	1.1%
	.0091 — .	0099 .......................................................................................	1.2%
	.0100 — .	0108 .......................................................................................	1.3%
	.0109 — .	0117 .......................................................................................	1.4%
	.0118 — .	0126 .......................................................................................	1.5%
	.0127 — .	0135 .......................................................................................	1.6%
	.0136 — .	0144 .......................................................................................	1.7%
	.0145 — .	0153 .......................................................................................	1.8%
	.0154 — .	0162 .......................................................................................	1.9%
	.0163 — .	0171 .......................................................................................	2.0%
	.0172 — .	0180 .......................................................................................	2.1%
	.0181 — .	0189 .......................................................................................	2.2%
	.0190 — .	0198 .......................................................................................	2.3%
	.0199 — .	0207 .......................................................................................	2.4%
	.0208 — .	0216 .......................................................................................	2.5%
	.0217 — .	0225 .......................................................................................	2.6%
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