J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               75

Contributions", relating to additional contributions payable by
employers under certain conditions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 8(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition AND 1958 SUPPLEMENT), title "Unemployment
Insurance Law", sub-title "Experience Eating", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

8. (c) Experience Rating.

With respect to employment on and after [July 1, 1943] January
1, 1959, each employer shall pay contributions at a rate computed as
hereinafter provided.

(1) The Executive Director shall maintain an experience-rating
record for each employer. Nothing in this Article shall be construed
to grant to any employer or to individuals performing services for
him prior claims or rights to the amounts paid by the employer into
the fund.

Except as required by paragraph (i) of this sub-section, benefits
paid shall be charged against employer experience-rating records
as hereafter specified.

If the claimant earned 75% or more of his base period wages
from the principal base period employer, all benefits paid to such
individual shall be charged against the experience-rating record of
his principal base-period employer (as defined in sub-section (c) [8]
(7) of this section). If the claimant earned less than 75% of his
base period wages from the principal base period employer, all
benefits paid to such individual shall be charged on a pro rata basis
to all base period employers. The percentage of the charge to each
base period employer shall be in the same proportion as the amount
of wages paid to the claimant by each such employer is to the total
amount of wages received by the claimant during the base period,
and shall be computed as a whole number without decimals.

(i)  If the claimant's unemployment is caused by a shut-down by
his employer for the purpose of having employees take their va-
cations at the same time, all benefits paid to the claimant shall be
charged against the experience-rating record of the claimant's cur-
rent employer.

(2)  The standard rate of contributions payable by each employer
shall be 2.7 per cent.

(3)  No employer's rate shall be varied from 2.7 per cent for any
fiscal year unless and until his experience-rating record has been
chargeable with benefits throughout the 36-consecutive-calendar-
month period ending on the computation date (as defined in sub-
section (c) [8] (7) of this Section), and unless and until each of
his annual payrolls, as defined herein, during the four calendar
years immediately preceding the computation date for that fiscal
year equals or exceeds $150.00. In computing his experience-rating
record, the time the business of an individual was discontinued be-
cause of his service in the armed forces during the war shall be
considered as if the business was operating continuously during such