CHAPTER 96

H.P. 712 - L.D. 955

An Act To Allow Recipients To Withdraw from Receiving

Unemployment Benefits by Phone and at Any Time before

Receiving Benefits

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1194, sub-§13 is enacted to read:

13.__Voluntary withdrawal.__A claimant who has filed a claim for benefits under this section may voluntarily withdraw that claim at any time before receiving the benefits.__The commissioner shall treat a claimant who has withdrawn a claim under this subsection as not having filed the claim.__A claimant may initiate the withdrawal of a claim under this subsection by way of telephone, but the Department of Labor may require a signed withdrawal authorization to verify the withdrawal.__ Cashing a benefit check relating to the claim is deemed to revoke any withdrawal of that claim.