Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-3-202
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Termination of coverage
Official statutory text
TERMINATION OF COVERAGE.
Termination of coverage with respect to 1977 or prior years
shall be determined in accordance with provisions applicable to
those years. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-203 of this
title, an employing unit shall cease to be an employer subject to
this act only as of the first day of any calendar year and only if
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it files with the Commission, during January of such year, a written
application for termination of coverage, and the Commission finds
that there were (1) no calendar quarter within the preceding
calendar year in which such employing unit paid for service in
employment wages of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or
more or (2) no twenty (20) different days, each day being in a
different calendar week within the preceding calendar year, within
which such employing unit employed one or more individuals in
employment subject to this act; provided further that religious,
charitable, educational or other organizations covered under
paragraph 8 of Section 1-208 of this title shall be so terminated if
the Commission finds that there were no twenty (20) different days,
each day being in a different calendar week within the preceding
calendar year, within which such employing unit employed four or
more individuals in employment subject to this act. Provided
further that agricultural labor as covered under paragraph 10 of
Section 1-208 of this title shall be so terminated if the Commission
finds that there were (1) no calendar quarter within the preceding
calendar year in which such employing unit paid wages of Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or more, or (2) no twenty (20)
different days, each day being in a different calendar week within
the preceding calendar year, within which such employing unit
employed ten (10) or more individuals in employment subject to this
act; provided further that domestic service as covered under
paragraph 11 of Section 1-208 of this title shall be terminated if
the Commission finds that there were no calendar quarters within the
preceding calendar year in which such employing unit paid wages of
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more. Provided, however, that if
the Federal Congress shall, by amendment to the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act, redefine the term employer to include employing units not
qualified as employers under this section, all of the provisions of
this act shall be applicable to such employing units. For the
purposes of this section, the two or more employing units mentioned
in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Section 1-208 of this title shall be
treated as a single employing unit.
Termination of coverage with respect to 1977 or prior years
shall be determined in accordance with provisions applicable to
those years. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-203 of this
title, an employing unit shall cease to be an employer subject to
this act only as of the first day of any calendar year and only if
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 133
it files with the Commission, during January of such year, a written
application for termination of coverage, and the Commission finds
that there were (1) no calendar quarter within the preceding
calendar year in which such employing unit paid for service in
employment wages of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or
more or (2) no twenty (20) different days, each day being in a
different calendar week within the preceding calendar year, within
which such employing unit employed one or more individuals in
employment subject to this act; provided further that religious,
charitable, educational or other organizations covered under
paragraph 8 of Section 1-208 of this title shall be so terminated if
the Commission finds that there were no twenty (20) different days,
each day being in a different calendar week within the preceding
calendar year, within which such employing unit employed four or
more individuals in employment subject to this act. Provided
further that agricultural labor as covered under paragraph 10 of
Section 1-208 of this title shall be so terminated if the Commission
finds that there were (1) no calendar quarter within the preceding
calendar year in which such employing unit paid wages of Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or more, or (2) no twenty (20)
different days, each day being in a different calendar week within
the preceding calendar year, within which such employing unit
employed ten (10) or more individuals in employment subject to this
act; provided further that domestic service as covered under
paragraph 11 of Section 1-208 of this title shall be terminated if
the Commission finds that there were no calendar quarters within the
preceding calendar year in which such employing unit paid wages of
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more. Provided, however, that if
the Federal Congress shall, by amendment to the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act, redefine the term employer to include employing units not
qualified as employers under this section, all of the provisions of
this act shall be applicable to such employing units. For the
purposes of this section, the two or more employing units mentioned
in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Section 1-208 of this title shall be
treated as a single employing unit.
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