TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 8. Employment Security, 34-8-1 through 34-8-280.

ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS

34-8-23. Benefit year.

As used in this chapter, the term "benefit year" with respect to any individual means the one-year period beginning with the day on which a valid claim is filed.In the case of a combined wage claim pursuant to Code Section 34-8-80, the benefit year shall be that of the paying state.Benefits may only be paid during the applicable benefit year, unless there is an extended benefits period in effect as provided in Code Section 34-8-197.

(Code 1981, §34-8-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)