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(II) The amount calculated under division (I)

shall be added to an amount equal to

one hundred thirty per centum (130%) of the

wages paid to the employe in the calendar

quarter in which such total wages were the

second highest of any calendar quarter during

the base year, provided that the amount added

under this division (II) may not be greater

than the wages paid to the employe during

the highest calendar quarter under division (I).

(III) The sum calculated under division (II) shall be

divided by two.

(B) Notwithstanding section 401(a)(2), and except as

provided in subsections (a)(3) and (e)(1) and (2),

section 401(a) shall require that the second entry in

Part A of the table for the determination of rate and

amount of benefits, on the line on which there

appears the employe's weekly benefit rate, does not

exceed sixty-three per centum (63%) of the

employe's total base year wages.

(vi) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) and

subclause (v) if, on July 1, 2026, or July 1 of any

subsequent year, the trigger percentage determined under

section 301.7(a) is at least two hundred fifty per centum

(250%), the following shall apply:

(A) "Highest quarterly wages" for the subsequent

calendar year and thereafter shall be determined as

provided in subsection (b) and not as provided in

subclause (v).

(B) Section 401(a)(2) shall apply and not subclause (v)(B).

(vii) In addition to the limitations in subclause (iii)(A.1),

the following shall apply:

(A) If, on July 1, 2017, the trigger percentage determined

under section 301.7(a) is less than forty per centum

(40%), the department shall reduce each claimant's