Section 2630 Of Article 1. Eligibility From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall
periodically notify the department of individuals who are certified,
as provided in Section 17518 of the Family Code, as having support
obligations, as defined by subdivision (g) and notify the department
of any changes in the status of these individuals to ensure that the
department has a current record.
(b) Upon receipt of the notifications referred to in subdivision
(a), the department shall determine whether the individuals have
claims for unemployment compensation disability benefits, either with
the department or under an approved voluntary plan.
(c) If the department determines that an individual referred to in
subdivision (a) has a claim for unemployment compensation disability
benefits with an approved voluntary plan, it shall notify the
voluntary plan payer. When the Department of Child Support Services
notifies the department of any changes in the individual's status as
to his or her support obligations, the department shall in turn
notify the voluntary plan payer. Upon notification from the
department, the voluntary plan payer shall deduct and withhold the
amounts specified in Section 17518 of the Family Code from the
unemployment compensation disability benefits that would otherwise be
payable to the individual. For each withholding, the voluntary plan
payer shall deduct an amount which represents the amount withheld for
support obligations and may also deduct an administrative fee
representing actual costs, not to exceed two dollars ($2). In no
event shall the withholding and the administrative fee exceed 25
percent or a lesser amount as specified in subdivision (e) of Section
17518 of the Family Code. The voluntary plan payer shall pay the
amounts for support deducted and withheld pursuant to this section to
the appropriate certifying county.
(d) The department shall maintain a current record of individuals
certified as owing support obligations. If the department determines
that the individual has a claim for unemployment compensation
disability benefits with the department, it shall deduct and withhold
the amounts specified in Section 17518 of the Family Code from the
unemployment compensation disability benefits that would otherwise be
payable to the individual. The department shall periodically pay the
amounts deducted and withheld 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) Amounts deducted and withheld from an individual's
unemployment compensation disability benefits in accordance with
subdivision (c) or (d) shall for all purposes be treated as if it
were paid to the individual and then paid by the individual to the
Department of Child Support Services or the appropriate certifying
county.
(f) This section shall apply only if appropriate arrangements are
made for the Department of Child Support Services to reimburse the
department for its administrative costs for performing the functions
required of it by this section.
(g) For purposes of this section, "support obligations" means the
child and related spousal support obligations described in the state
plan approved pursuant to 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.