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D. C. Code 4 6 304. Penalty for n o n payment, etCa

Death, d i s s o l u tion, etc., of e m ployer. P r i o r i t y of claims.

Charging o f f of accounts.

Escrow account.

PUBLIC LAW 721-AUG. 31, 1954

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(i) in lieu of contributions required of employers under this Act, the District of Columbia shall pay into the fund an amount equivalent to the amount of benefits paid to individuals based on wages paid by the District. If benefits paid an individual are based on wages paid by both the District of Columbia and one or more other employers, the amount payable by the District to the fund shall bear the same ratio to total benefits paid to the individual as the base-period wages paid to the individual by the District of Columbia bears to the total amount of the base-period wages paid to the individual by all of his base-period employers. "The amount of payment required under this section shall be ascertained by the Board quarterly and shall be paid from the general funds of the District at such time and in such manner as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may prescribe except that to the extent that benefits are paid on wages paid by the District from special administrative funds, the payment by the District into the unemployment fund shall be made from such special funds. " (g) Contributions due under this Act with respect to wages for insured work shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to have been paid to the fund as of the date payment was made as contributions therefor under another State or Federal employment security law if payment into the fund of such contributions is made on such terms as the director finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests. Payments to the fund under this subsection shall be deemed to be contributions for purposes of section 3." Section 4(c) is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) If contributions are not paid when due, there shall be added, as part of the contributions, interest at the rate of one-half of 1 per centum per month or fraction thereof from the date the contributions became due until paid. " (2) If contributions or wage reports are not filed when due or contributions are not paid when due, there shall be added as part of the contributions a penalty of 10 per centum of the contributions, but such penalty shall not be less than $5 nor more than $25 and for good cause such penalty may be waived by the Board with the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia." Section 4(d) is amended to read as follows: " (d) In the event of the death, dissolution, insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy, composition, or assignment for benefit of creditors of any employer, contributions then or thereafter due from such employer under this section shall have priority over all other claims, except taxes due the United States or the District, and wages (not exceeding $600 with respect to any individual) due for services performed within the three months preceding such event." Section 4(j) is amended by substituting the following: "(j) The Board in its discretion, whenever it may deem it administratively advisable, may charge off of its books any unpaid account due the Board or any credit due an employer who has been out of business for a period of more than three years. Whenever an account is charged off by the Board, there shall be placed in the minutes of the Board a reason for such action." Section 4(1) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a special escrow account into which the Board shall deposit all funds received in connection with an offer of compromise. Such funds shall be kept in such escrow account until final action is had upon the offer of compromise and shall not be subject to offset for any indebtedness whatsoever. I n the event the compromise is approved, the funds shall be transferred to the District Unemployment Compensation Funds. I n

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