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Social Security SOCIAL SECURITY

CHAPTER 384

HOUSE BILL NO. 1278

(Representatives Mock, Ista, Kasper, Lefor, Louser, Pyle, Schauer, Stemen)

(Senators Burckhard, Kreun, Oban)

AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 1 of section 52-06-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation for military spouses; and to amend and reenact subdivision b of subsection 2 of section 52-04-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to benefits paid chargeable to accounts of base-period employers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subdivision b of subsection 2 of section 52-04-07 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

b. With benefits paid to an individual who:

(1) Left the employment of the base-period employer voluntarily without good cause or with good cause not involving fault on the part of the base-period employer;

(2) Was discharged from employment by the base-period employer for misconduct; or

(3) Was separated from employment with the most recent employer for reasons directly attributable to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault; or

(4) Is a military spouse who voluntarily left the most recent employment to relocate because of permanent change of station orders of the individual's military-connected spouse.

SECTION 2. A new subdivision to subsection 1 of section 52-06-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:

This subsection does not apply if the individual is a military spouse who, after disclosure to the individual's employer and a reasonable attempt to maintain the employment relationship through accommodation, voluntarily left the most recent employment to relocate because of permanent change of station orders of the individual's military-connected spouse. For purposes of this subdivision:

(1) "Military spouse" means the spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States stationed in this state in accordance with military orders