Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1591

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40 (g) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1970 Replacement Volume), title "Pensions," subtitle "Social Se-
curity Benefits," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

40.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the con-
trary, any excess in interest earnings over the amount appropriated
for any fiscal year for the administration of the State Agency, shall be
used to pay any deficit in the State's Social Security contribution
appropriation as set forth in Section 37 of this article, otherwise,
shall be reverted to the State Treasury.

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

Approved May 24, 1971.

CHAPTER 740
(House Bill 1160)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 3(b),
3(c) and 8(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume) (1970 Supplement), title "Unemploy-
ment Insurance Law," subtitles "Benefits," and "Contributions,"
to increase the benefits and allowances payable to certain claimants
under the Unemployment Insurance Law, to amend the laws of
this State concerning basic contribution rates for employers and
alternate contribution rates depending upon the balance in the
unemployment insurance fund available for benefits, and relating
generally to the laws of this State providing for Unemployment
Insurance.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 3(b), 3(c) and 8(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume) (1970 Supplement),
title "Unemployment Insurance Law," subtitles "Benefits," and "Con-
tributions," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with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).