(1) An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his or her eligibility period only if the commissioner finds with respect to such week that: (a) The individual is an "exhaustee" as defined in RCW 50.22.010; (b) He or she has satisfied the requirements of this title for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits; and (c) He or she has earned wages in the applicable base year of at least: (i) Forty times his or her weekly benefit amount; or (ii) One and one-half times his or her insured wages in the calendar quarter of the base period in which the insured wages are the highest, for weeks of unemployment on or after July 3, 1992. (2) An individual filing an interstate claim in any state under the interstate benefit payment plan shall not be eligible to receive extended benefits for any week beyond the first two weeks claimed for which extended benefits are payable unless an extended benefit period embracing such week is also in effect in the agent state. [ 1993 c 483 s 17; 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 s 4; 1981 c 35 s 9; 1971 c 1 s 4.]
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