Ch. 461                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

the effective date and application 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.

(2) 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

(II) THE CLAIMANTS WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT UNDER § 8-803 OF
THIS TITLE.

(3) (2) 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 PAR) TO
THE CLAIMANT BECAUSE OF THAT SEPARATION;

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