GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 409
SENATE BILL 724

AN ACT AMENDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW TO ADD A PROVISION FOR AN "EXTENDED BASE PERIOD".

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 96 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"§ 96-12.1.  Extended base period for certain job related injuries.
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. 'Extended base period' means the four quarters prior to the claimant's base period.  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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives