HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1883
(1979 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:
Article 95A - Unemployment Insurance Law
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 AND AS ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION. 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 required in § 4(d) 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 highest-,- but did earn
qualifying wages for one of the next three 6 lower divisions
on the schedule, he is to be considered eligible for
benefits as shown in that next lower division.
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SCHEDULE OF
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BENEFITS
Weekly
Benefit
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Minimum
Qualifying
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Division 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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[
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1
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$ 576
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.01
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to
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$ 600.00
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25.00
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900.00
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2
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$
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600.01
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to
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$
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624.00
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26.00
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936.00
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3
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$
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624.01
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to
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$
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648.00
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27.00
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972.00
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4
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$
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648.01
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to
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$
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672.00
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28.00
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1,008.00
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5
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$
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672.01
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to
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$
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696.00
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29.00
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1,044.00
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6
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$
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696.01
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to
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$
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720.00
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30.00
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1,080.00
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7
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$
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720.01
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to
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$
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744.00
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31.00
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1,116.00
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8
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$
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744.01
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to
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$
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768.00
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32.00
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1,152.00
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9
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$
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768.01
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to
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$
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792.00
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33.00
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1,188.00
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10
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$
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792.01
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to
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$
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816.00
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34.00
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1,224.00
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11
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$
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816.01
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to
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$
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840.00
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35.00
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1,260.00
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12
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$
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840.01
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to
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$
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864.00
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36.00
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1,296.00
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13
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$
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864.01
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to
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$
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888.00
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37.00
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1,332.00
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14
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$
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888.01
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to
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$
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912.00
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38.00
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1,368.00
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15
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$
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912.01
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to
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$
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936.00
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39.00
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1,404.00
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16
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$
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936.01
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to
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$
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960.00
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40.00
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1,440.00
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17
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$
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960.01
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to
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$
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984.00
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41.00
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1,476.00
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18
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$
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984.01
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to
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$1
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,008.00
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42.00
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1,512.00
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19
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$1
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,008.01
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to
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$1
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,032.00
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43.00
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1,548.00
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20
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$1
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,032.01
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to
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$1
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,056.00
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44.00
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1,584.00
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