MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 71-5-507. Duration.

Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of regular benefits equal to twenty-six (26) times his weekly benefit amount or one-third (1 /3 ) of his total wages for insured work paid during his base period, whichever is the lesser. Provided, that for a benefit year effective prior to October 1, 1983, if such total amount of benefits is not a multiple of one dollar ($1.00), it shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1.00); and for a benefit year effective on or after October 1, 1983, if such total amount of benefits is not a multiple of one dollar ($1.00), it shall be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1.00). An individual's total amount of regular benefits as determined at the beginning of his benefit year shall constitute his total amount of regular benefits throughout such benefit year.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 7376; Laws, 1940, ch. 295, Sec. 1; 1948, ch. 412, Sec. 2d; 1952, ch. 383, Sec. 1d; 1956, ch. 404, Sec. 1d; 1958, ch. 533, Sec. 1d; 1968, ch. 561, Sec. 1d; 1971, ch. 519, Sec. 3; 1983, ch. 364, Sec. 3, eff from and after passage (approved March 16, 1983).


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