J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1269

AFTER THE EVENT WHICH CAUSES THE REFUND TO BE-
COME DUE.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 795
(House Bill 391)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 3 (b) and
3 (c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume), title "Unemployment Insurance Law," sub-
title "Benefits," with respect to the amount of benefits payable to
claimants and for their dependents; and to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 4 (f) of said Article and subtitle of the
Code, with respect to requirement for earning wages after the
commencement of the first benefit year and prior to the second
benefit year.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 3 (b) and 3 (c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Unemployment In-
surance Law," subtitle "Benefits," and Section 4 (f) of said Article
and subtitle of the Code, be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

3.

(b) (1) Weekly Benefit Amount. An individual's "weekly benefit
amount" shall be determined by applying the total of wages paid him
for insured work in that calendar quarter of his base period in which
such total wages were highest to column (A) in "schedule of benefits"
set forth below. Upon determination as to the division of said schedule
for which such individual's high quarter wages qualify, the weekly
benefit amount shall be the amount shown on the same line in column
(B).

Provided, if a claimant had not earned qualifying wages, as re-
quired in Section 4 (e) of this article, for the weekly benefit amount
shown in the schedule of benefits on the basis of his earnings in the
calendar quarter of the base period in which his earnings were high-
est, but did earn qualifying wages for a lower division on said
schedule, he is to be considered eligible for benefits as shown in said
lower division. Provided further, that in no event shall any claimant
be permitted to drop down more than three divisions as shown on the
said schedule of benefits.