(a) General. An individual is entitled to Extended Benefits for a
week of unemployment which begins in the individual's eligibility period
if, with respect to such week, the individual is an exhaustee as defined
in Sec. 615.5, files a timely claim for Extended Benefits, and satisfies
the pertinent requirements of the applicable State law which are
consistent with the Act and this part.
(b) Qualifying for Extended Benefits. The State law shall specify
whether an individual qualifies for Extended Benefits by earnings and
employment in the base period for the individual's applicable benefit
year as required by section 202(a)(5) of the Act, (and if it does not
also apply this requirement to the payment of sharable regular benefits,
the State will not be entitled to a payment under Sec. 615.14), as
follows:
(1) One and one-half times the high quarter wages; or
(2) Forty times the most recent weekly benefit amount, and if this
alternative is adopted, it shall use the weekly benefit amount
(including dependents' allowances) payable for a week of total
unemployment (before any reduction because of earnings, pensions or
other requirements) which applied to the most recent week of regular
benefits; or
(3) Twenty weeks of full-time insured employment, and if this
alternative is adopted, the term ``full-time'' shall have the meaning
provided by the State law.
