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LR 1943
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(4) The leaving was necessary to protect the claimant
from domestic abuse and the claimant made all reasonable
efforts to preserve the employment;

 
(5) The leaving occurred because the claimant was not
able to make safe and appropriate arrangements for the
care of a child for the time during which the claimant
was scheduled to be at work; or

 
(6) The leaving was necessary because the claimant did
not have access to reliable transportation necessary to
work.

 
Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §1195, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 1979, c. 515, §17,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Exhaustee. "Exhaustee" means an individual who, with
respect to any week of unemployment in his that individual's
eligibility period:

 
(1) Has received, prior to such week, all of the regular
benefits that were available to him that individual
under this chapter or any other state law, including
dependents' allowances and benefits payable to federal
civilian employees and ex-servicemen under 5 U.S.C.
Chapter 85, in his that individual's current benefit
year that includes such week; provided that for the
purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall be
deemed is considered to have received all of the
regular benefits that were available to him that
individual although as a result of a pending appeal
with respect to wages or employment, or both, that were
not considered in the original monetary determination
in his that individual's benefit year, he the
individual may subsequently be determined to be
entitled to added regular benefits, or he the
individual may be entitled to regular benefits with
respect to future weeks of unemployment, but such
benefits are not payable with respect to such week of
unemployment by reason of section 1251;

 
(2) His Whose benefit year having expired prior to such
week, has no or insufficient wages or employment, or
both, to establish a new benefit year or, subsequent to
December 31, 1971, he the individual does not qualify
by having sufficient wages or employment, or both, as
provided by section 1192, subsection 5, since the
beginning of his the prior benefit year; and


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