2005 California Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 3551-3553 Article 1. Eligibility and Disqualifications

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE
SECTION 3551-3553

3551.  Extended duration benefits are payable from the Unemployment
Fund to unemployed individuals who are eligible under this part.
3552.  An unemployed individual is eligible to receive extended
duration benefits with respect to any week only if the director finds
that:
   (a) An extended duration award has been established for the
individual.
   (b) The week is:
   (1) Within the extended duration period of the award; and
   (2) Within an extended benefit period.
   (c) He or she meets the eligibility requirements of Part 1
(commencing with Section 100) of this division, except those excluded
under subdivision (b) of Section 3502.
   (d) He or she is not subject to disqualification, and is not under
disqualification for normal benefits, under any provision of Part 1
(commencing with Section 100) of this division.
   (e) He or she had earnings from employment subject to the
provisions of this division which exceed 40 times his or her most
recent weekly benefit amount in the base period in which he or she
exhausted all rights to regular compensation.
   For the purpose of this section "wages" includes wages due to an
individual  but unpaid within the time limit provided by law.
   (f) During any week within an extended benefit period under the
federal act, the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 4552 and
Sections 4553, 4554, 4555,  and 4556 shall apply to claims filed
under this part.
3553.  The filing of a valid primary claim by an exhaustee shall
constitute an election by him to claim extended duration benefits to
the exclusion of filing a new claim for normal benefits for any week
of unemployment subsequent to the filing of such primary claim for
which extended duration benefits are payable to him.


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