§ 991
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(a)Any contributions paid to the Unemployment Fund or Disability Fund either with respect to wages on which contributions previously have been paid in error and without negligence on the part of the employing unit to another state having an unemployment compensation law, or with respect to wages on which contributions computed under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act previously have been paid in error and without negligence on the part of the employing unit to an agency of the federal government, shall be deemed for the purposes of this division to have been paid to the department at the time of the erroneous payment to the other state or to the federal agency, if payment is made to the department by the employing unit within 30 days after the employing unit is given notice pursuant to Section 1206 by the director of the determination that payment shall be made to the department. The 30-day period for payment may be extended by the director for good cause for a period not to exceed an additional 90 days.
(b)Any contributions paid to the Unemployment Fund or Disability Fund with respect to wages on which contributions computed under this division previously have been paid in error and without negligence on the part of the employing unit to an admitted disability insurer, to trustees administering a voluntary plan for the employing unit, to a self-insured plan of the employing unit, to another agency of this state, or to an agency of the federal government shall be deemed, solely to the extent of the amount of contributions previously paid in error and without negligence, for the purposes of this division to have been paid to the department at the time of the erroneous payment to the admitted disability insurer, to trustees administering a voluntary plan for the employing unit, to a self-insured plan of the employing unit, to another agency of this state, or to the federal agency, if payment is made to the department by the employing unit within 30 days after the employing unit is given notice pursuant to Section 1206 by the director of the determination that payment shall be made to the department. The 30-day period for payment may be extended by the director for good cause for a period not to exceed an additional 90 days. As used in this subdivision “paid” includes credits made to a self-insured plan of the employing unit. With respect to payments by an employing unit to an admitted disability insurer, to trustees administering a voluntary plan for the employing unit, or to a self-insured plan of the employing unit, this subdivision shall apply only if one or more of the following conditions are met:
(1)At the time of payment the employing unit has or prior to the time of payment had an approved voluntary plan with the recipient of the payment.
(2)Prior to the time of payment the employing unit had applied to the department for a voluntary plan which was subsequently approved by the department.
(3)At the time of payment the employing unit is a subsidiary or affiliate of an employing unit having an approved voluntary plan.
(4)At the time of payment the employing unit believed that a voluntary plan had been acquired pursuant to Section 3254.5.
(c)If payment is not made within the 30-day period or within the period for which an extension is granted, this section shall not apply and Article 7 (commencing with Section 1110), Article 8 (commencing with Section 1126), and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1701), with respect to the payment of reported contributions, and the assessment and collection of contributions shall apply.
(d)If the director finds that the collection of any contributions will be jeopardized by delay this section shall not apply and the director may make a jeopardy assessment and collect the contributions pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 1126), and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1701).