S0876B1773A08064 AJM:JSL 06/06/16 #90 A08064
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 876
Sponsor: SENATOR GORDNER
Printer's No. 1773
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(4) Other operating and administrative expenses necessary
for the administration of this act.
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before "THE"
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based upon
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after "BUDGET."
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"AN"
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is provided in addition to one or more of the items listed in
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)"
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(c) Limitation on wage loss benefits.--If a judge accepts
testimony and finds it to be credible under subsection (b)(7) as
the sole basis for determining wage loss benefits, without
supporting evidence established in subsection (b)(1), (2), (3),
(4), (5) or (6), the wage loss benefit rate shall be sixty-six
and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wage for the
claimant's occupation. The judge may reduce the average weekly
wage loss benefit upon the submission of evidence indicating a
lesser wage amount or based on the claimant's length of
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employment with the employer. For the purposes of this
subsection, the term "average weekly wage" is the average weekly
wage for the claimant's occupation by metropolitan statistical
area, as determined by the United States Department of Labor for
the calendar year prior to the year in which the claimant's
injury occurred, and shall be based on the metropolitan
statistical area in which the claimant's injury occurred.
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inserting
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