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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor H.B. 798
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
8-803.
(a) (1) To determine the weekly benefit amount to assign to a claimant in
the schedule of benefits in subsection (b) of this section, the line in the schedule of
benefits shall be located in which the high quarter wages in column (A) correspond to
wages that the claimant was paid for covered employment in the calendar quarter of
the claimant's base period in which those wages were highest.
(2) The claimant shall be assigned:
(i) the weekly benefit amount in column (B) of the schedule for
that line; or
(ii) if the claimant is not eligible under § 8-802 of this subtitle for
that weekly benefit amount but was paid wages to qualify in 1 of the next 6 lower
lines of the schedule, the weekly benefit amount in the next lower line in column (B)
of the schedule.
(b)
SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS
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Weekly
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Minimum
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Benefit
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Qualifying
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Amount
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Wages
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(B)
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(C)
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25.00
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900.00
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26.00
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936.00
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27.00
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972.00
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28.00
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1,008.00
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29.00
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1,044.00
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30.00
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1,080.00
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31.00
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1,116.00
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32.00
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1,152.00
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33.00
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1,188.00
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34.00
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1,224.00
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35.00
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1,260.00
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36.00
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1,296.00
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37.00
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1,332.00
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38.00
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1,368.00
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39.00
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1,404.00
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40.00
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1,440.00
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41.00
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1,476.00
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42.00
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1,512.00
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43.00
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1,548.00
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Line
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High Quarter Wages
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(A)
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(1)
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$ 576.01
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$
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600.00
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(2)
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$ 600.01
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$
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624.00
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(3)
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$ 624.01
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$
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648.00
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(4)
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$ 648.01
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$
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672.00
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(5)
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$ 672.01
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$
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696.00
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(6)
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$ 696.01
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$
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720.00
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(7)
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$ 720.01
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$
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744.00
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(8)
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$ 744.01
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$
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768.00
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(9)
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$ 768.01
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$
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792.00
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(10)
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$ 792.01
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$
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816.00
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(11)
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$ 816.01
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$
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840.00
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(12)
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$ 840.01
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$
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864.00
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(13)
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$ 864.01
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$
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888.00
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(14)
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$ 888.01
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$
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912.00
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(15)
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$ 912.01
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$
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936.00
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(16)
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$ 936.01
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$
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960.00
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(17)
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$ 960.01
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$
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984.00
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(18)
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$ 984.01
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$1,008.00
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(19)
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$1,008.01
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$1,032.00
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