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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 2

AN ACT concerning

Unemployment Insurance Law — Extended
Unemployment Insurance Benefits

FOR the purpose of establishing new definitions for
national and State "on" or "off" indicators for
beginning or ending periods of extended benefits for
weeks of unemployment in the period from January 1,
1975 through December 31, 1976 and providing for
certain exceptions to provisions concerning
experience rating charges and liability for payments
in lien of contributions.

BY adding to

Article 95A — Unemployment Insurance Law
Section 21(g) [[and]], (h) and (i)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 21(g) [[and]] , (h) and (i)
be and they are hereby added to Article 95A —
Unemployment Insurance Law, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 95A — Unemployment Insurance Law

21.

(G)                    WITH RESPECT TO COMPENSATION FOR WEEKS OF

UNEMPLOYMENT BEGINNING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1974, BUT
BEGINNING BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1976, THE DETERMINATION OF
WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A NATIONAL "ON" OR "OFF" INDICATOR
BEGINNING OR ENDING AN EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD SHALL BE
MADE ORDER THIS SECTION AS IF THE PHRASE "4.5 PERCENT" IN
PARAGRAPH (A)(2) AND (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION READ "4
PERCENT".

(H) WITH RESPECT TO COMPENSATION FOR WEEKS OF
UNEMPLOYMENT BEGINNING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1974, BUT
BEGINNING BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1976, THE DETERMINATION OF
WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A STATE "ON" OR "OFF" INDICATOR
BEGINNING OR ENDING AN EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD SHALL BE
MADE UNDER THIS SECTION AS IF PARAGRAPH (A) (4) OF THIS
SECTION DID NOT CONTAIN SUBPARAGRAPH (I).

(I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE, NO EMPLOYER'S EXPERIENCE RATING ACCOUNT SHALL BE
CHARGED. AND NO EMPLOYER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS IN