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(iv) The term "principal base period
employer" means the employer by whom an individual was paid
the largest amount of his base period wages.

(v) The term "base period wages" means
wages paid to an individual during his base period for
insured work.

(10)  For the purposes of the experience-rating
provisions of this subsection, in any case where a claim for
benefits is filed, an employer's account shall not be
charged with benefits paid, for the purposes of any
computation made for any fiscal year beginning after the
date of separation from employment, if the claimant: (i)
leaves the service of the employer voluntarily without good
cause attributable to his employer; or (ii) is separated
from the service of the employer and admits or is found
guilty of having committed any criminal act against the
employer.

(11)  The experience-rating account of an
employer who pays contributions under this section may not
be charged for benefits paid to an individual whose base
period wages include wages for previously uncovered
services, as defined in § 20(n-l) of this article, to the
extent that the fund is reimbursed for the benefits under
the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976.

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(b) Any business that locates in an Urban Enterprise
Zone may be eligible, as determined by the local governments
with the approval of the Governor, to receive reductions in
workmen's compensation premiums, under Section 74 of Article
101, AND exemption from income tax under Section 288(d)(10)
of Article 81, [and reductions in unemployment insurance
fund contributions under Section 8(b)(2) of Article 95A of
the Code,] provided it meets the eligibility standards for
employment of residents of the Urban Enterprise Zone or the
subdivision established by the federal government.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

June 1, 1982
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404