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40 OK Stat § 40-3-603 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-603. State Treasurer to maintain three accounts.

|STATE TREASURER TO MAINTAIN THREE ACCOUNTS. The State Treasurer shall maintain within the Fund three separate accounts: (1) a clearing account, (2) an unemployment trust fund account, and (3) a benefit account. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-603, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-604 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-604. Clearing account.

|CLEARING ACCOUNT. All monies payable to the fund, upon receipt thereof by the Commission, shall be forwarded to the Treasurer who shall immediately deposit them in the clearing account. Refunds payable pursuant to this act shall be payable from the clearing account upon warrants or electronic fund transfers issued under the direction of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-604, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 216, § 11, eff. July 1, 2010.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-605 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-605. Unemployment trust fund.

|UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND. After clearance thereof, all other moneys in the clearing account shall be immediately deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America to the credit of the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund, established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Social Security Act, as amended, any provisions of law in this state relating to the deposit, administration, release or disbursement of moneys in the possession or custody of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-605, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-606 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-606. Benefit account.

|BENEFIT ACCOUNT. The benefit account shall consist of all moneys requisitioned from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund in the United States Treasury. Moneys in the clearing and benefit account may be deposited in any depository bank in which general funds of the state may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the fund. Moneys in the clearing and benefit accounts shall not be commingled with other state funds, but shall be maintained in separate accounts on the books of the depository bank. Such moneys shall be secured by said depository bank by collateral in the full amount of funds on deposit. Such security shall consist of (1) United States Government obligations, direct or guaranteed, and (2) direct obligations of the State of Oklahoma. Such collateral security shall be pledged at not to exceed the face value of the obligation and shall be kept separate and distinct from any collateral security pledged to secure other funds of the state. The State Treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the unemployment compensation fund. Such liability on the official bond shall be effective immediately upon the enactment of this provision, and such liability shall exist in addition to any liability upon any separate bond existent on the effective date of this provision, or which may be given in the future. All sums recovered for losses sustained by the fund shall be deposited therein. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-606, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-607 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-607. Requisitions from unemployment trust account.

|REQUISITIONS FROM UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST ACCOUNT. Moneys requisitioned from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund shall be used exclusively for the payment of benefits. The Commission shall, from time to time, requisition from the unemployment trust fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts standing to this state's account therein, as it deems necessary for the payment of such benefits for a reasonable future period. Upon receipt thereof such moneys shall be deposited in the benefit account. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-607, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-608 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-608. Expenditures not subject to specific appropriation requirements.

|EXPENDITURES NOT SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION REQUIREMENTS. (1) Expenditures of such moneys in the benefit account and refunds from the clearing account shall not be subject to any provisions of law requiring specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody. All warrants issued for the payment of benefits and refunds shall bear the signature of a representative of the Commission duly authorized for that purpose. |(2) Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the unemployment trust fund which remains unclaimed or unpaid in the benefit account after the expiration of the period for which such sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the payment of, benefits during succeeding periods, or, in the discretion of the Commission, shall be redeposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, to the credit of this state's account in the unemployment trust fund.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-608, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-609 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-609. Discontinuance of unemployment trust fund.

|DISCONTINUANCE OF UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND. The provisions of this part to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund in the Treasury of the United States, shall be operative only so long as such unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America continues to maintain for this state a separate book account of all funds deposited therein by this state for benefit purposes, together with this state's proportionate share of the earnings of such unemployment trust fund, from which no other state is permitted to make withdrawals. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-609, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-610 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-610. Management of funds of unemployment trust fund.

|MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND. If and when the unemployment trust fund in the Treasury of the United States, ceases to exist, or such separate book account of the unemployment trust fund is no longer maintained, all moneys belonging to the unemployment compensation fund of this state shall be administered by the Commission as a trust fund for the purpose of paying benefits under this act, and the Commission shall have authority to hold, invest, transfer, sell, deposit, and release such moneys, and any properties, securities, or earnings acquired as an incident to such administration; provided, that such moneys shall be invested in the following readily marketable classes of securities: Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of the United States of America or guaranteed both as to interest and principal by the United States; provided further, that such investment shall at all times be so made that all the assets of the fund shall always be readily convertible into cash when needed for the payment of benefits. The Treasurer shall dispose of securities or other properties belonging to the unemployment compensation fund only under the direction of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-610, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-701 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-701. Applicability.

|APPLICABILITY. The provisions of this part shall apply to the financing of benefits to employees of the state and political subdivisions thereof and their instrumentalities. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-701, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-702 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-702. Payments by the state subdivisions and instrumentalities in lieu of contributions.

|PAYMENTS BY THE STATE SUBDIVISIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS. In lieu of contributions required of employers under the Employment Security Act of 1980, as provided by this act, the State of Oklahoma and its instrumentalities shall pay each quarter beginning after March 31, 1978, including any political subdivision and its instrumentalities after December 31, 1977, one percent (1%) of taxable wages, as defined in this act, paid to employees covered by this act. Such payments made in lieu of contributions shall be paid on or before the last day of the month following the calendar quarter to be reported and shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Fund. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-702, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 195, § 6, emerg. eff. May 16, 1994.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-703 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-703. Benefits and extended benefits paid from unemployment security fund.

|BENEFITS AND EXTENDED BENEFITS PAID FROM UNEMPLOYMENT SECURITY FUND. All regular benefits and extended benefits, as defined by this act, paid to individuals who were employees of the state and political subdivisions and their instrumentalities and which were based on wages paid by the state and political subdivisions and their instrumentalities shall be paid from the benefit account of the Unemployment Compensation Fund. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-703, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-704 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-704. Benefits based on wages paid both by the state and other employers.

|BENEFITS BASED ON WAGES PAID BOTH BY THE STATE AND OTHER EMPLOYERS. If benefits paid an individual are based on wages paid by both the state and one or more other employers subject to this act, the amount to be included as state benefit payments shall bear the same ratio to the total benefits paid to the individual as the base period wages as defined by this act, paid to the individual by the state bear to the total amount of base period wages paid to the individual by all his base period employers, as defined by this act. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-704, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-705 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-705. Election to become liable for reimbursement payments.

|ELECTION TO BECOME LIABLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENTS. (1) Any governmental organization, as described in Section 1-208(7) and (8) including their instrumentalities, which is or becomes subject to this act after December 31, 1977, may elect to become liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions in the same manner and subject to the same provisions that apply to reimbursing nonprofit organizations as provided in Part 8 of Article 3, including formation of group accounts, and the proportionate allocation of benefit costs, applicable to reimbursing nonprofit organizations as provided in Part 8 of Article 3, except that one hundred percent (100%) of the extended benefits attributable to governmental entities will be reimbursed after January 1, 1979. In lieu of making reimbursement payments in the manner provided in Part 8 of Article 3, a governmental organization authorized to raise revenue as provided in Article X, Section 28, of the Oklahoma Constitution may elect by resolution filed with the Commission to make reimbursement payments after receipt of the notice of the full amount due that is equal to the regular benefits and extended benefits paid by the Commission during each quarter after January 1, 1978, and is attributable to service in the employ of the governmental organization. |(2) If such amount is not paid into the unemployment compensation fund by such governmental organization by the due date, the Commission may file in the office of the court clerk of the county in which the situs of the governmental organization is located a certified copy of its notice of the full amount due, regardless of any minimum, and including any interest or penalty that may be assessed.(3) The amount so certified shall be entered on the judgment docket of the district court and shall have the same force and be subject to the same law as judgments of the district court and paid in the manner provided for payment of judgments against subdivisions of government as set forth in Sections 365.1 through 365.6 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Commission is hereby authorized to sell and assign to the State Treasurer any judgments against such governmental organization as herein provided.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-705, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-706 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-706. Benefits that do not apply in the computation of state experience factor.

|BENEFITS THAT DO NOT APPLY IN THE COMPUTATION OF STATE EXPERIENCE FACTOR. Benefits paid to former employees of governmental entities, except for benefits paid to such employees based upon wages paid by other than governmental entities, shall not be considered as benefits for the purpose of Section 3-108, nor shall any wages of governmental entities be used as benefit wages for the purpose of Section 3-108. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-706, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-707 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-707. State pledge.

|STATE PLEDGE. The State of Oklahoma recognizes its obligation under this act and hereby pledges the faith of the state that funds which are to be dispersed by the state to any organization, instrumentality of the state or its political subdivisions will be available to insure payments required under this act. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-707, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-708 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-708. Delinquent payments.

|DELINQUENT PAYMENTS. If the Commission finds that any organization, instrumentality of the state or its political subdivisions, including public trusts, has become delinquent with payments required under the act and following the Commission's written request for such payment, has for sixty (60) days or more thereafter refused or failed to pay amounts due and required under this act, the Commission shall notify the State Budget Director of such delinquency and total amount due. The Budget Director shall authorize payment of such amounts from any funds deposited with the State Treasurer, which would otherwise be due from the state to such organization, instrumentality or political subdivision. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-708, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-801 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-801. Applicability.

|APPLICABILITY. |Benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations shall be financed in accordance with the provisions of this part. For the purpose of this part, a nonprofit organization is an organization or group of organizations defined in paragraph (4) of Section 1-210 of this title.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-801, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 30, § 17, eff. July 1, 1997.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-802 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-802. Contributions.

|CONTRIBUTIONS. Any such nonprofit organization which is, or becomes, subject to this act, on or after January 1, 1972, shall report and pay contributions to the Commission in the same time, manner and amounts as required of nongovernmental employers for profit subject to this act subject, except as herein provided, to the same rights, remedies, obligations and penalties as a nongovernmental employer for profit. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-802, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-803 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-803. Election to make payments in lieu of contributions.

|ELECTION TO MAKE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A nonprofit organization may elect, in accordance with this section, in lieu of contributions, to pay to the Commission for the unemployment compensation fund an amount equal to the amount of regular benefits and of one-half (1/2) of the extended benefits paid in accordance with this act that is attributable to service in the employ of such nonprofit organization for weeks of unemployment which begin during the effective period of such election, regardless of reason for separation. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-803, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-804 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-804. Period of election - Organizations subject to act after January 1, 1972.

|PERIOD OF ELECTION - ORGANIZATIONS SUBJECT TO ACT AFTER JANUARY 1, 1972. Any nonprofit organization which becomes subject to this act on or after January 1, 1972, may elect to become liable for payments in lieu of contributions for a period of not less than the remainder of the calendar year in which subjectivity occurs and the next two (2) succeeding calendar years by filing a written notice of its election with the Commission not later than thirty (30) days immediately following the date of the determination of such subjectivity. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-804, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-805 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-805. Written notice of termination of election required.

|WRITTEN NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF ELECTION REQUIRED. Any nonprofit organization which makes an election in accordance with Section 3-804 of this act will continue to be liable for payments in lieu of contributions until it files with the Commission a written notice terminating its election not later than the last day of January immediately following the beginning of the calendar year for which such termination shall first be effective. After such termination such employer shall be treated as a newly subject nongovernmental employer for profit under the Oklahoma Employment Security Act for purposes of determining such organization's contribution rate. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-805, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-807 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-807. Payment of in-lieu contributions - Benefits based on wages paid by more than one employer.

|PAYMENT OF IN-LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS - BENEFITS BASED ON WAGES PAID BY MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYER. (1) Each employer that is liable for payments in lieu of contributions shall pay to the Commission for the fund the amount of regular benefits plus the amount of one-half (1/2) of extended benefits paid that are attributable to service in the employ of such employer. If benefits paid to an individual are based on wages paid by more than one employer under this act and one or more of such employers are liable for payments in lieu of contributions, the amount payable to the fund by each employer that is liable for such payments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section. |(2) If benefits paid to an individual are based on wages paid by one or more employers that are liable for contributions under this act, the amount of benefits payable by each employer that is liable for payments in lieu of contributions shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to the total benefits paid to the individual as the total base period wages, as defined by this act, paid to the individual by such employer bear to the total base period wages paid to the individual by all of his base period employers, as defined by this act.(3) If benefits paid to an individual are based on wages paid by two or more employers that are liable for payments in lieu of contributions, the amount of benefits payable by each such employer shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to the total benefits paid to the individual as the total base period wages paid to the individual by such employer bear to the total base period wages paid to the individual by all of his base period employers.(4) Amounts paid that are to be reimbursed under this section shall not be considered as benefits for the purposes of this act, nor shall any benefit wages be created under this act by such payments.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-807, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-808 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-808. Election to become reimbursing employer.

|ELECTION TO BECOME REIMBURSING EMPLOYER. Any nonprofit organization which had been liable for paying contributions for a period subsequent to January 1, 1972, may change to a reimbursable basis by filing with the Commission not later than the last day of January immediately following the beginning of any calendar year a written notice of election to become liable for payments in lieu of contributions. Such election shall not be terminable by the organization for that and the next calendar year. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-808, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-810 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-810. Commission to provide notice of determinations.

|COMMISSION TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF DETERMINATIONS. The Commission, in accordance with such rules as it may prescribe, shall notify each nonprofit organization, or group of organizations, of any determination which it may make of its status as an employer and of the effective date of any election which it makes and of any termination of such election. Such determinations shall be subject to reconsideration, appeal and review in accordance with the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-810, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
40 OK Stat § 40-4-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-4-101. Applicability.

|APPLICABILITY. This part shall apply to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-101, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-4-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-4-102. Composition.

|COMPOSITION. There is hereby created a Commission to be known as the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The Commission shall consist of five (5) members, appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Oklahoma State Senate, two of whom shall represent employers, two shall represent employees, and one shall represent the public. The representative of the public shall be the Chairman of the Commission. New appointments shall be made within ninety (90) days after any vacancy occurs in the membership. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-102, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-4-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-4-103. Qualifications.

|QUALIFICATIONS. Each member of such Commission shall be a citizen of the United States, and at the time of appointment shall be, and for more than five (5) years shall have been, a bona fide resident and qualified voter of the State of Oklahoma, and shall be not less than thirty (30) years of age at the time of appointment. |During his term of membership on the Commission, no member shall serve as an officer or committee member of any political party organization.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-103, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-4-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-4-104. Term of office.

|TERM OF OFFICE. Each member shall hold office for a term of six (6) years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms of office of the members first taking office after the date of enactment of this act shall expire, as designated by the Governor at the time of appointment, two at the end of two (2) years, one a representative of employers, and one a representative of employees; two at the end of four (4) years, one a representative of employers, one a representative of employees; and one, the representative of the public, at the end of six (6) years after the date of enactment of this act. The members of the Commission who are serving at the time this bill is enacted shall continue to serve for the remainders of their respective terms without interruption by reason of this enactment. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-104, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.