2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR III - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY (§§ 8-70-101 — 8-82-105) › Article 72 - ADMINISTRATION OF DIVISION (§§ 8-72-101 — 8-72-114) › Section 8-72-110 - Reciprocal interstate agreements - rules

(1)
The division is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states, or of the federal government, or both, whereby potential rights to benefits under articles
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of this title may constitute the basis for payment of benefits by another state or by the federal government, and potential rights to benefits accumulated under the law of another state or of the federal government may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits by this state. Such benefits shall be paid under such provisions of articles
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of this title, or under the provisions of the law of such state or of the federal government, or under such combination of the provisions of both laws as may be agreed upon as being fair and reasonable to all affected interests. No such arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains provisions for reimbursement to the fund for such benefits as are paid on the basis of wages and service, subject to the law of another state or of the federal government, and provisions for reimbursement from the fund for such benefits paid by another state or by the federal government on the basis of wages and service, subject to articles
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of this title. Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of articles
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of this title.
(2)
(a)
Repealed.
(b)
(I)
The division may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby wages for insured work paid in another state or by the federal government are deemed to be wages for insured work under articles
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of this title; and wages for insured work paid under articles
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of this title are deemed to be wages on the basis of which unemployment insurance is payable under a corresponding law of another state or of the federal government. No such arrangement may be entered into unless it contains provision for reimbursement to the fund for the benefits paid under articles
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of this title on the basis of the wages and provision for reimbursement from the fund for the benefits paid under such other law on the basis of wages for insured work as the division finds will be fair and reasonable to all affected interests. Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to this section are deemed to be benefits for the purposes of articles
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of this title; except that no charge may be made to a premium-paying employer's account under sections
8-76-101
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8-76-104
. With the exception of benefit overpayments, the noncharging shall not apply to reimbursing employer accounts that will be charged in accordance with section
8-76-102.5
in the same amount and to the same extent as if the reimbursement to another state had been benefits based solely on wages paid by an employer covered by articles
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of this title.
(II)
This paragraph (b) is effective December 31, 2012.
(3)
(a)
The division is authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or the federal government whereby individuals performing services in this and other states for employing units under circumstances not specifically provided for in sections
8-70-126
to
8-70-140.7
or under similar provisions in the unemployment compensation laws of such other states are deemed to be engaged in employment performed entirely within this state or within one of such other states and whereby potential rights and benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of several states or under such a law of the federal government, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms that the department finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result in any substantial loss to the fund. An individual applying for unemployment insurance benefits through an interstate agreement authorized by this section who is not a Colorado resident and is unable to produce a Colorado driver's license or Colorado identification card shall produce one of the other documents listed in subsection (3)(b) of this section, a valid driver's license or state identification card issued in another state, or, in the case of individuals residing in Canada, a valid Canadian identification card or valid Canadian driver's license, and execute an affidavit stating that the individual is a United States citizen, a legal permanent resident, or otherwise lawfully present in the United States pursuant to federal law.
(b)
The following documents shall satisfy the production requirement described in subsection (3)(a) of this section:
(I)
A United States military card or a military dependent's identification card;
(II)
A United States Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card;
(III)
A Native American tribal document; or
(IV)
Any other document verifying the individual's identity, as determined by the division.
(4)
The division is further authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or of the federal government for the determination, adjustment, collection, and assessment of premiums by employers with respect to employment within and without this state.
(5)
For the purposes of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the division is authorized to enter into agreements with the railroad retirement board or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an employment security law, with any political subdivision of this state, or with any private, nonprofit organization. As a part of any such agreement, the division may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment security administration fund.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 351, § 9, eff. 7/1/2022.
L. 37: p. 1265, § 9. CSA: C. 167A, § 11. L. 39: p. 574, § 8. L. 41: p. 785, § 11. L. 51: p. 815, § 10. CRS 53: § 82-3-10. L. 54: p. 138, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 82-3-10. L. 69: pp. 669, 681, §§ 3, 1. L. 73: p. 958, § 3. L. 79: (5) amended, p. 345, § 4, effective September 30. L. 81: (2) amended, p. 483, § 5, effective July 1; (4) amended, p. 492, § 5, effective July 1. L. 90: (3) amended, p. 602, § 4, effective April 3; (2) amended, p. 607, § 3, effective April 16. L. 96: (3) amended, p. 381, § 4, effective April 17. L. 2007: (3) amended, p. 635, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2009: (2) and (4) amended, (HB 09-1363), ch. 1882, p. 1882, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 11-1288), ch. 926, p. 926, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2012, 1st Ex. Sess.: (2)(a)(II) amended, (HB 12S-1002), ch. 2, p. 2427, § 5, effective June 1.
Subsection (2)(a)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(a), effective December 31, 2012. (See L. 2012, p. 2427.)