Section 1255.7 Of Article 1. Eligibility And Disqualifications From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall notify
the director whether an individual filing a claim for unemployment
compensation after October 1, 1982, owes support obligations as
defined under subdivision (h), and notify the department of any
changes in the status of these individuals to ensure that the
department has a current record.
(b) The department shall maintain and keep current a record of
individuals who owe support obligations and who may have claims for
unemployment compensation benefits.
(c) The department shall deduct and withhold support obligations
as defined under subdivision (h) from any unemployment compensation
payable to an individual who owes these obligations.
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (c) shall
be paid by the department to the appropriate county or to the
Department of Child Support Services as the assigned payee, as
stipulated by mutual agreement, in the interagency agreement between
the department and the Department of Child Support Services.
(e) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (c) shall
for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as
unemployment compensation and paid by the individual to the
Department of Child Support Services.
(f) For purposes of subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive,
"unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under this
division, except Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601), but
including amounts payable by the department pursuant to an agreement
under any federal unemployment compensation law.
(g) This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have
been made for reimbursement by the Department of Child Support
Services for the administrative costs incurred by the Employment
Development Department.
(h) For purposes of this section, "support obligations" means the
child and related spousal support obligations which are being
enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section 454 of the Social
Security Act and as that section may hereafter be amended. However,
to the extent "related spousal support obligations" may not be
collected from unemployment compensation under federal law, those
obligations shall not be included in the definition of support
obligations under this section.