| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§5, ¶B, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 1, §35, | is amended by repealing and replacing subparagraph (2) to read: |
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| (2)__Who is eligible for or who has exhausted, after the | effective date of this paragraph, trade adjustment | allowances as provided by the United States Trade Act | of 1974, Title II, Chapter 2, Public Law 93-617, United | States Code, Title 19, Section 2291, et seq. and any | amendments or additions to or similar successor | provisions of that Act, referred to in this | subparagraph as the "Act," except that: |
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| (a)__A worker who was eligible for and received | less than 26 weeks of benefits under the Act may | receive benefits for the number of weeks by which | that worker's benefits received under that Act | were less than 26 weeks; or |
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| (b)__A worker who was unable to enroll in training | after certification because of a continuing part- | time attachment to the affected employer is | eligible to receive benefits under this paragraph | after the worker has exhausted any other benefit | under this subchapter and trade readjustment | allowances under the Act for which the worker is | eligible.__A worker described in this subdivision | is eligible to receive benefits under this | paragraph for the number of weeks necessary, in | combination with other weeks for which the worker | participated in approved training and received | weekly cash assistance for any program under this | subchapter, to enable the worker to participate in | 104 weeks of training, no more than 26 weeks of | which may be benefits received under the Act; or |
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| | Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §1191, sub-§4, ¶A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 570, §2, | is further amended by repealing and replacing subparagraph (2), | division (c) to read: |
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| (c)__Who is eligible for or who has exhausted, after the | effective date of this paragraph, trade adjustment allowances as | provided by the United States Trade Act of 1974, Title II, | Chapter 2, Public Law 93-617, United States Code, Title 19, | Section 2291, et seq. and any amendments or additions to or | similar successor provisions of |
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