SubTitle31-255-1_31-255-9. Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut  


Sec. 31-255-1. Definitions
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a. "Covering state" means the state under the law of which an employer or an employing unit is or was required to pay contributions with respect to wages for employment.

b. "Refunding state" means the state to which an employer or employing unit has paid in error contributions required to be paid to the covering state.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-2. Transfer of contributions
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Upon agreement between the signatories hereto that certain services concerning which payment of contributions was made by an employer to a refunding state constitute employment in the covering state, the refunding state will transfer to the covering state the aggregate amount of the employer contributions erroneously paid relating to such services, together with interest and penalties received by the refunding state to the extent of, but not to exceed, the contributions, interest and penalties due and owing the covering state, provided that such a transfer shall be made only upon the express consent of the employer concerned.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-3. Repayment of benefits paid by the refunding state
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Whenever benefits have been paid by the refunding state based on employment or wages paid for employment finally agreed to be covered by the covering state, the covering state will reimburse the refunding state for the aggregate amount of such benefits. Where a worker's base period employment was for two or more employers, the amount to be reimbursed shall be that proportion of the total benefits paid to such worker as his base period wages used by the refunding state in the employment finally determined to be covered under the law of the covering state bears to his total base period wages.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-4. Preparation of the refund check
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The check for the transfer of contributions erroneously paid shall be prepared by the refunding state to the joint order of the covering state and the employer. The refunding state, prior to the transmittal of the check to the covering state, will obtain an endorsement by the employer of the check so drawn, such endorsement to serve as a written release of the refunding state by the employer.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-5. Effective dates of payment
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The covering state shall, for all purposes of its law, consider the contributions transferred under this agreement to have been paid to it as of the date or dates such contributions were paid to the refunding state. The covering state shall, for all purposes of its law, consider benefits which were erroneously paid by the refunding state and for which reimbursement was made to the refunding state to have been paid by it as of the date or dates such benefits were paid by the refunding state. It is expressly understood and agreed that the covering state may prescribe the extent of any retroactive recomputation of contribution rate.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-6. Unexpired benefit years
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If at the time a transfer of contributions to another state is in process, the refunding state is paying benefits to claimants whose wages or employment do not constitute wages or employment under the law of the refunding state, but that of the covering state, the claims shall be completed by the refunding state before billing the covering state for benefits paid.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-7. Transfer of records
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The refunding state shall forward to the covering state such of its records or transcripts thereof as may be required by the covering state for current or future benefit determinations.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-8. Effective date
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This agreement shall become effective as of the date on which it is signed by the duly authorized representatives of both states.

(Effective October 12, 1978)

Sec. 31-255-9. Revocation
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This agreement may be revoked by either state by giving the other state thirty days' notice in writing of its intent to terminate, except that such revocation shall apply only to matters not theretofore brought to the attention of one state by the other state. However, matters which were the subject of prior negotiation shall be brought to a conclusion regardless of the date of termination.

(Effective October 12, 1978)