VETOES

(2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE DISQUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS IF
THE INDIVIDUAL IS RECEIVING, HAS RECEIVED, OR WILL RECEIVE
HOLIDAY PAY OR VACATION PAY WHICH IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY PERIOD
WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE TERMS OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WHICH
SPECIFIES SCHEDULED VACATION OR HOLIDAY PERIODS OR EMPLOYEE
DISCRETION IN SCHEDULING VACATION OR HOLIDAY PERIODS.

20.

As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:

(1) An individual shall be deemed "unemployed" in any
week during which he performs no services and with respect to
which no wages are payable to him or in any week of less than
full-time work if the wages payable to him with respect to such
week are less than his weekly benefit amount plus allowances for
dependents. [For purposes of this section of the law and for the
purpose of the taking of claims for and the payment of weekly
benefits, holiday pay and/or vacation pay earned or accumulated
to the credit of the individual, which is paid at the time of
layoff or separation from employment or during a period of
unemployment resulting from a cause other than vacation or
holiday, shall not be considered wages.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of
this Act shall take effect July 3, 1988 and shall apply to
individuals who file claims for weeks of unemployment beginning
on or after July 3, 1988.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of
this Act shall take effect July 26, 1988 and shall apply to
individuals who file claims for a week of unemployment on or
after the week beginning June 26, 1988.

May 27, 1988

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 578.

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