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Laws of Maryland
Ch. 489
CHAPTER 489
(House Bill 925)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 3(b) (1)
and 3(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume), title "Unemployment Insurance Law," sub-
title "Benefits," to increase benefits and allowances payable to
certain claimants under the Unemployment Insurance Law.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 3(b)(l) and 3(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Unemploy-
ment Insurance Law," subtitle "Benefits," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to read as follows:
3.
(b) Weekly benefits.—(1) Weekly Benefit Amount. An individ-
ual'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 sched-
ule, 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.
SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS
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Weekly-
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Minimum
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Benefit
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Qualifying
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Division
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High Quarter Wages
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Amount
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Wages
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(A)
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(B)
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(C)
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1
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$ 192.01 to
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$ 240.00
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$10.00
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$ 360.00
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2
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$ 240.01 to
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$ 264.00
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11.00
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396.00
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3
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$ 264.01 to
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$ 288.00
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12.00
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432.00
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4
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$ 288.01 to
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$ 312.00
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13.00
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468.00
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5
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$ 312.01 to
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$ 336.00
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14.00
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504.00
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6
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$ 336.01 to
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$ 360.00
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15.00
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540.00
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7
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$ 360.01 to
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$ 384.00
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16.00
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576.00
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8
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$ 384.01 to
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$ 408.00
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17.00
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612.00
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9
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$ 408.01 to
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$ 432.00
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18.00
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648.00
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10
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$ 432.01 to
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$ 456.00
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19.00
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684.00
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11
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$ 456.01 to
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$ 480.00
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20.00
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720.00
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12
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$ 480.01 to
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$ 504.00
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21.00
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756.00
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13
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$ 504.01 to
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$ 528.00
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22.00
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792.00
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14
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$ 528.01 to
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$ 552.00
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23.00
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828.00
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