71-5-507 - Duration. - Mississippi Statutes

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