GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 724

Short Title:  ESC/Base Period Wages.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Sands.
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Referred to:  Manufacturing and Labor.
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April 22, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AMENDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW TO ADD THE DEFINITION OF "EXTENDED BASE PERIOD".
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 96-8 is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:
"(26)	‘Extended base period' means the four quarters prior to the claimant's base period.  If an individual lacks sufficient base period wages because of a job related injury for which he received workers' compensation, upon written application by the claimant, an extended base period will be substituted for the current base period on a quarter-by-quarter basis as needed to establish a valid claim.  These four quarters may be substituted for base period quarters on a quarter-by-quarter basis to establish a valid claim regardless of whether the wages have been used to establish a prior claim, except any wages earned that would render the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina out of compliance with applicable federal law will be excluded if used in a prior claim.  Benefits paid on the basis of an extended base period, which would not otherwise be payable, shall be noncharged."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and expires on June 30, 1993.