Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1745

the Virgin Islands or Canada; to provide that after December 31,
1971, the term employment under certain conditions shall include
services by an individual who is a citizen of the United States per-
formed outside the United States, services on an American vessel
OR AIRCRAFT, services performed in a hospital or institution of
higher education operated by the State of Maryland, services per-
formed in a hospital or institution of higher education operated by
the State of Maryland, services performed in the employ of a politi-
cal subdivision of the State of Maryland for a hospital or institution
of higher education when such coverage is elected by the political
subdivision, and services performed in the employ of certain non-
profit organizations; to delete historical references, to refer to the
Secretary of Labor instead of the Social Security Board, and to
correct references to certain sections of federal law; to extend
coverage to additional persons working in connection with the
agricultural products industry; to correct reference to the Federal
Internal Revenue Code and to delete certain subsections there-
from; to provide that beginning January 1, 1972, the contribu-
tion base shall be increased to the first $4200 of wages paid each
individual employee; to provide a program of extended benefits
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO PERSONS
WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED ELIGIBILITY; amending the Un-
employment Insurance laws of this State in order to make certain
corrections in the language and references thereof; to provide
an exemption from coverage of service performed by a spouse
of full-time student working for the education institution at-
tended by the spouse, and exempting certain students and
hospital patients from coverage; to provide that "State" shall in-
clude "Puerto Rico"; 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 4(a) and 4(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Unemployment
Insurance Law," subtitle "Benefits," be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments; that Section 4(d) of the same
article, title and subtitle be and it is hereby repealed; that Section
4(e) of the same article, title and subtitle be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that Sections 4(e) and
4(f) thereof be and they are hereby relettered 4(d) and 4(e), respec-
tively; that new Section 4(f) be and it is hereby added to the same
article, title and subtitle to follow immediately after relettered Sec-
tion 4(e) thereof; that Sections 8(a), 8(b) and 8(c) of the same
article and title, subtitle, "Contributions," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that Section 8(d) of the
same article, title and subtitle, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, and relettered Section 8(g) to follow
immediately after new Section 8(f); that new Sections 8(d), 8(e)
and 8(f) be and they are hereby added to the same article, title and
subtitle to follow immediately after Section 8(c) thereof; that Sec-
tion 9 of the same article and title, subtitle "Employer's Coverage,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that
Section 19 of the same article and title, subtitle "Reciprocal Agree-
ments," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments; that Section 19A of the same article, title and subtitle, be and
it is hereby repealed; that Sections 20 (f) and 20 (g) of the same article
and title, subtitle, "Definitions," be and it is THEY ARE hereby re-