Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-3-114
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Estimate of Financial Condition of Fund - Surcharge
Official statutory text
ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL CONDITION OF FUND - SURCHARGE. Prior to
the beginning of each calendar quarter, the Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission shall prepare an estimate of the financial
condition of the fund for the quarter. If the estimate for any
quarter shows a balance at any time during the quarter of less than
Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), the Commission shall assess
and collect a surcharge for that calendar quarter in an amount
sufficient to keep the balance at Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00), except as otherwise provided in this section.
The surcharge shall be charged to each employer in proportion to
the employer’s total tax liability as of the last completed quarter
for the current calendar year and shall not exceed thirty-three and
one-third percent (33 1/3%) per taxable year.
In a state of emergency declared by the Governor, the Oklahoma
Legislature, the United States President or the U.S. Congress, the
Commission shall have the following authority:
1. If a state of emergency directly and adversely impacts the
fund and if the estimate for any quarter in a declared state of
emergency shows a balance at any time during the quarter of less
than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), the Commission shall
have authority to:
a. claim up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the federal
emergency relief funds made available to the state, if
any,
b. decrease the surcharge to be charged to each employer
to a percentage rate that is sufficient to bring the
balance of the fund to Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00),
c. borrow federal funds in amounts determined necessary
by the Commission,
d. allow the balance of the fund to remain less than
Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) but not less
than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00), or
e. use any combination of the provisions of subparagraph
a, b, c or d of this subsection to supplement the
fund; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 128
2. When a state of emergency does not directly impact the fund,
the Commission shall adhere to the required duty to assess and
collect a surcharge for that calendar quarter in an amount
sufficient to keep the fund balance at Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00).
the beginning of each calendar quarter, the Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission shall prepare an estimate of the financial
condition of the fund for the quarter. If the estimate for any
quarter shows a balance at any time during the quarter of less than
Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), the Commission shall assess
and collect a surcharge for that calendar quarter in an amount
sufficient to keep the balance at Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00), except as otherwise provided in this section.
The surcharge shall be charged to each employer in proportion to
the employer’s total tax liability as of the last completed quarter
for the current calendar year and shall not exceed thirty-three and
one-third percent (33 1/3%) per taxable year.
In a state of emergency declared by the Governor, the Oklahoma
Legislature, the United States President or the U.S. Congress, the
Commission shall have the following authority:
1. If a state of emergency directly and adversely impacts the
fund and if the estimate for any quarter in a declared state of
emergency shows a balance at any time during the quarter of less
than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), the Commission shall
have authority to:
a. claim up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the federal
emergency relief funds made available to the state, if
any,
b. decrease the surcharge to be charged to each employer
to a percentage rate that is sufficient to bring the
balance of the fund to Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00),
c. borrow federal funds in amounts determined necessary
by the Commission,
d. allow the balance of the fund to remain less than
Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) but not less
than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00), or
e. use any combination of the provisions of subparagraph
a, b, c or d of this subsection to supplement the
fund; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 128
2. When a state of emergency does not directly impact the fund,
the Commission shall adhere to the required duty to assess and
collect a surcharge for that calendar quarter in an amount
sufficient to keep the fund balance at Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00).
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