Source: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-647&print=true
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 19:54:49+00:00

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(1)(a) Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under sections 48-623 to 48-626 shall be void except as set forth in this section. Such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy provided for the collection of debt. Benefits received by any individual, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from any remedy for the collection of all debts, except debts incurred for necessaries furnished to such individual or his or her spouse or dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed.
(b) Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right or claim to contributions or to any money credited to any employer's reserve account in the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall be void. Such right or claim to contributions or money shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy provided for the collection of debt.
(c) Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this section shall be void.
(2)(a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing such claim, disclose whether or not he or she owes child support obligations as defined under subdivision (h) of this subsection. If such individual discloses that he or she owes child support obligations and is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation, the commissioner shall notify the Department of Health and Human Services that the individual has been determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.
(iii) The amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld from such unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process, as that term is defined in subdivision (2)(i) of this section, properly served upon the commissioner.
(e) For purposes of subdivisions (a) through (d) and (g) of this subsection, the term unemployment compensation shall mean any compensation payable under the Employment Security Law, including amounts payable by the commissioner pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.
(3)(a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing such claim, disclose whether or not he or she owes an uncollected overissuance, as defined in 7 U.S.C. 2022(c)(1) as such section existed on January 1, 2017, of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, if not otherwise known or disclosed to the state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program agency. The commissioner shall notify the state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program agency enforcing such obligation of any individual disclosing that he or she owes an uncollected overissuance whom the commissioner determines is eligible for unemployment compensation.
(iii) Any amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2022(c)(3)(B), as such section existed on January 1, 2017.
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (b) of this subsection shall be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by such individual to the state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program agency as repayment of the individual's uncollected overissuance.
Source:Laws 1937, c. 108, § 15, p. 400; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-714; R.S.1943, § 48-647; Laws 1982, LB 801, § 5; Laws 1985, LB 339, § 32; Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 76; Laws 1990, LB 974, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 523, § 26; Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 81; Laws 1995, LB 240, § 3; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 275; Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 21; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 106; Laws 1997, LB 864, § 5; Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 56; Laws 2007, LB296, § 217; Laws 2009, LB288, § 15; Laws 2017, LB172, § 60.

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