GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1889

Short Title:  Unemp. Benefits Up.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Luebke; Beall, Black, Braswell, D. Brown, Colton, Cromer, Diamont, Easterling, Ellis, Fitch, Hackney, Jenkins, Justus, Kennedy, Kuczmarski, Lee, Michaux, G. Miller, Moore, Nesbitt, Ramsey, Wainwright, and Wright.
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Referred to:  Business and Labor.
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May 30, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND DECREASING THE UNEMPLOYMENT TAX, AND TO INCREASE THE WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT AMOUNT AND DURATION FOR ELIGIBLE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 96-12(b)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	(1)	a.	Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 727, s. 52.
b.	 Each eligible individual whose benefit year begins on or after the first day of October 1994, who is totally unemployed as defined by G.S. 96-8(10), and who files a valid claim, shall be paid benefits with respect to such week or weeks at a rate equal to the amount obtained by dividing the sum of the wages paid to such individual during the individual's highest paid base period quarter by 26 and, if the amount so obtained is not a multiple of one dollar, rounded to the next lower whole dollar; provided that if the amount so obtained, after rounding, is less than fifteen dollars ($15.00), no benefits shall be paid.