BENEFIT YEAR.

72-1308. Benefit year. "Benefit year" means a period of fifty-two (52) consecutive weeks beginning with the first day of the week in which an individual files a new valid claim for benefits; except that the benefit year shall be fifty-three (53) weeks if the filing of a new valid claim would result in overlapping any quarter of the base year of a previously filed new claim. A subsequent benefit year cannot be established until the expiration of the current benefit year. History: [72-1308, added 1947, ch. 269, sec. 8, p. 793; am. 1949, ch. 144, sec. 8, p. 252; am. 1967, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 233; am. 1998, ch. 1, sec. 8, p. 8.]