Section 11-10-203 - Benefit year

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, 'benefit year' with respect to any individual means the twelve-consecutive-month period beginning the first day of the calendar quarter in which he or she first files a valid claim for benefits in accordance with § 11-10-521. For claims involving the wages of several states, the benefit year shall be that which is applicable under the unemployment insurance law of the paying state.Acts 1941, No. 391, § 2; 1947, No. 398, § 1; 1973, No. 350, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1103.