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individual during the base year bear to the wages paid by all employers to that individual during the base year.

(iii) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.255.)

(2) No such individual shall be entitled to receive benefits under this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) in excess of 26 times his weekly benefit rate in any benefit year under either of subsections (c) and (f) of R.S. 43:21-4. In the event that any individual qualifies for benefits under both of said subsections during any benefit year, the maximum total amount of benefits payable under said subsections combined to such individual during the benefit year shall be one and one- half times the maximum amount of benefits payable under one of said subsections.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1984, c.24.)

Amended 1938, c.396; 1939, c.94, s.1; 1940, c.247, s.1; 1945, c.72; 1948, c.110, s.19; 1950, c.172, s.1; 1952, c.187, s.1; 1954, c.248; 1955, c.203, s.1; 1961, c.43, s.1; 1967, c.30, s.1, 1967, c.30, title amended 1967, c.286, s.12; 1974, c.86, s.1; 1977, c.307, s.1; 1978, c.18; 1984, c.24, s.1; 1995, c.394, s.6; 1997, c.255, s.1; 2003, c.107, s.2; 2004, c.45, s.1.

43:21-3.1. Supplemental unemployment benefits for certain ex-service members

1. Any individual who is eligible for, and receives, benefits under the unemployment compensation law, R.S.43:21-1 et seq., which are based on wages assigned to New Jersey pursuant to section 8522 of Title 5, United States Code (5 U.S.C. s.8522), shall be, upon the expiration of those benefits, eligible for supplemental benefits pursuant to this section which are equal to 26 times the individual's weekly benefit amount minus the amount of benefits paid to the individual as an ex-service member pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 85 of Title 5, United States Code (5 U.S.C. s.8521 et seq.), regardless of the number of base weeks worked or the amount of contributions paid by the individual or any employer of the individual. The supplemental benefits paid pursuant to this section shall not be paid for any week which occurs prior to the individual exhausting benefits paid pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 85 of Title 5, United States Code (5 U.S.C. s.8521 et seq.) and shall not be charged to any employer.

L.2013, c.102, s.1.

43:21-4. Benefit eligibility conditions

An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week eligible only if:

(a) The individual has filed a claim at an unemployment insurance claims office and thereafter continues to report at an employment service office or unemployment insurance claims office, as directed by the division in accordance with such regulations as the division may prescribe, except that the division may, by regulation, waive or alter either or both of the