PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             S.B. 508

FOR the purpose of providing that if a reimbursing not for profit organization has
employed a claimant on a continuous part-time basis and continues to do so while
the claimant is separated from other employment, the wages paid to the claimant by
the not for profit organization may not be used to determine whether the claimant
is eligible for benefits or the claimant's weekly benefit amount; providing that if a
claimant employed by a reimbursing not for profit organization on a continuous
part-time basis continues to be employed by the not for profit organization while
separated from other employment and is eligible for benefits because of that
separation, the not for profit organization may not be required to reimburse the
Unemployment Insurance Fund for the benefits paid to the claimant; providing for
the application and effective date of this Act; and generally relating to reimbursing
not for profit employers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 8-616

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Labor and Employment

8-616.

(a)     A not for profit organization or a governmental entity that has been
determined to be an employing unit may make an election in accordance with this Part
III.

(b)     (1) Under an election, a not for profit organization shall reimburse the
Unemployment Insurance Fund for all regular and work sharing benefits and 50% of
extended benefits that are:

[(1)](I) attributable to covered employment for the not for profit
organization; and

[(2)](II) paid to individuals for any week of unemployment that begins
during the effective period of the election.

(3) IF A REIMBURSING NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION HAS
EMPLOYED A CLAIMANT ON A CONTINUOUS PART-TIME BASIS AND CONTINUES TO
DO SO WHILE THE CLAIMANT IS SEPARATED FROM OTHER EMPLOYMENT, THE
WAGES PAID TO THE CLAIMANT BY THE NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION MAY NOT
BE USED TO DETERMINE:

(I) WHETHER THE CLAIMANT IS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS
BECAUSE OF THE SEPARATION FROM OTHER EMPLOYMENT UNDER § 8-802 OF THIS
TITLE; OR

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