| | | 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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