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CHAPTER 122 An Act to amend and reenact § 60.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to unemployment compensation; weekly benefit amount. [H 1336] Approved March 8, 2002

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 60.2-602 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 60.2-602. Weekly benefit amount.

A. Beginning November 28, 1999 September 9, 2001, and expiring January 1, 2003, for claims filed on or after November 28, 1999 September 9, 2001, and for claims for which a claimant had established a benefit year as of September 9, 2001, an eligible individual's weekly "benefit amount" shall be the amount appearing in Column B in the "Benefit Table" in this section on the line on which in Column A of such table, there appears the total wages for insured work paid to such individual in the two quarters of his base period in which such total wages were highest.

For claims filed prior to November 28, 1999, an eligible individual's weekly "benefit amount" shall be computed under the provisions of this section in force on the date such claim was filed.

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B. Beginning January 1, 2003, for claims effective on or after January 1, 2003, but before January 1, 2004, an eligible individual's weekly "benefit amount" shall be the amount appearing in Column B in the "Benefit Table" in this section on the line on which in Column A of such table, there appears the total wages for insured work paid to such individual in the two quarters of his base period in which such total wages were highest.

C. Beginning January 1, 2004, for claims effective on or after January 1, 2004, an eligible individual's weekly "benefit amount" shall be the amount appearing in Column B in the "Benefit Table" in this section on the line on which in Column A of such table, there appears the total wages for insured work paid to such individual in the two quarters of his base period in which such total wages were highest.

2. That the provisions of this act shall be effective retroactively to September 9, 2001.

3. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.