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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 169
. CHAPTER 169
(Senate Bill 703)
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AN ACT concerning
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Unemployment Insurance - Charging and Taxation - Benefits - Oversight
Committee
FOR the purpose of altering the unemployment insurance charging and taxation
system; altering the standard rate of contribution that certain employing units
are required to pay; increasing the maximum weekly unemployment insurance
benefit amount; increasing the amount of wages used to compute a claimant's
weekly benefit amount for partial benefits; establishing a certain oversight
committee; requiring the committee to report to the Governor and the General
Assembly on or before certain dates; providing for the application of this Act;
providing for the termination of certain provisions of this Act; defining a certain
term; altering a certain definition; and generally relating to the unemployment
insurance charging and taxation system and benefits and the establishment of a
Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 8-608, 8-609(a) and (b), 8-610(c), 8-612, and 8-803
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. AND BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
8-608.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE, "STANDARD RATE" MEANS THE MAXIMUM RATE IN THE
APPLICABLE TABLE OF BASIC RATES UNDER § 8-612(D) OF THIS SUBTITLE.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an employing unit shall pay
contributions at the standard rate [of 7.5% of] APPLIED TO the taxable wage base.
8-609.
(a) (1) In this section the following terms have the meanings indicated.
(2) "New employer" means an employing unit that does not qualify for an
earned rate under § 8-610 of this subtitle.
(3) "Employer industry category" means the [2-digit standard industry
classification code] 6-DIGIT NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
promulgated by the Federal Office of Management and Budget.
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