Louisiana § RS 23:1615 - Total extended benefit amount
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§ RS 23:1615. Total extended benefit amount
A. The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to any one benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts:
(1) Fifty percent of the total amount of regular benefits which were payable to him under this Chapter in such benefit year;
(2) Thirteen times his weekly benefit amount which was payable to him under this Chapter for a week of total unemployment in such benefit year; or
(3) Thirty-nine times his weekly benefit amount which was payable to him under this Chapter for a week of total unemployment in such benefit year, reduced by the total amount of regular benefits which were paid or deemed paid to him under this Chapter with respect to such benefit year.
B. During any fiscal year in which federal payments to states under Section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 are reduced under an order issued under Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the total extended benefit amount payable to an individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate of the reductions under R.S. 23:1614 in the weekly amounts paid to the individual.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 136, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; Acts 1986, No. 182, §1, eff. June 28, 1986.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 23:1615 ("Total extended benefit amount") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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