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2002 SESSION
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.
See printed bill for table.
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.