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"Benefits," to provide that no disqualification for benefits shall
occur if an individual has filed or is eligible to file a claim for
pension benefits.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 6(h) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Unemployment Insurance
Law," subtitle "Benefits," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

6.

(h) For any week with respect to which he is receiving [,] or
has received [, or has filed, or is eligible to file a claim for remunera-
tion in] an amount equal to or in excess of his weekly benefit amount
in the form of a pension or annuity under a private pension plan
paid for in whole or in part by a base period employer, as provided
below:

(1)    The entire amount which an individual received or will
receive with respect to a week in the form of a retirement payment
from a base period employing unit for which he performed services
and which pays all of the cost of such retirement payment, or from
a trust, annuity or insurance fund, or under an annuity or insurance
contract, to or under which a base period employing unit for which
he performed service pays or has paid all the premiums or contribu-
tions; and

(2)    One-half of the amount which an individual has received or
will receive with respect to a week in the form of a retirement pay-
ment from a base period employing unit for which he performed
services and which pays some, but not all, of the cost of such
retirement, or from a trust, annuity or insurance fund, or under an
annuity or insurance contract, to or under which a base period
employing unit for which he performed services pays or has paid
some, but not all of the premiums or contributions.

Except, that if such remuneration is less than his weekly benefit
amount an otherwise eligible individual shall not be deemed ineligible
and shall be entitled to receive for such week benefits reduced by
the amount of such payments. Any benefit payment reduced because
of the provisions of this section shall constitute a full week's bene-
fits for the purpose of computing duration during the benefit year.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 533
(House Bill 427)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 49 (15) of
Article 88B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replace-
ment Volume), title "State Police", subtitle "State Police Retire-