Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 51. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Part 25. Extended Benefits

State "on" Indicator -- When

39-51-2504. State "on" indicator -- when. There is a state "on" indicator for this state for a week if the department determines, in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. secretary of labor, that:

(1) (a) the rate of insured unemployment equals or exceeds 5% for any such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks; and

(b) the insured unemployment rate equals or exceeds 120% of the average of such rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding 2 calendar years; or

(2) if the rate of insured unemployment for such week is 5% or more but the average of such rates for the corresponding 13-week period ending in each of the preceding 2 calendar years is less than 120%, the insured unemployment rate for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is 6% or more.

History: En. Sec. 3 (d), Ch. 137, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 137, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 191, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 140, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 156, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 4, Ex. L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 104, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 3, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 368, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 528, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 87-104(a)(4); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 349, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 9, Sp. L. 1981.