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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 16 §40-1-108. Indian tribes or tribal units - Benefits - Contributions or payments - Extended benefits - Delinquencies - No waiver of sovereign immunity. A. The term "employer" shall include any Indian tribe for which service in employment is performed, as defined in the Employment Security Act of 1980. B. The term "employment" shall include service performed in the employ of an Indian tribe, as defined in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), 26 U.S.C., Section 3306(u), provided such service is excluded from "employment" as defined in FUTA solely by reason of 26 U.S.C., Section 3306(c)(7), and is not otherwise excluded from employment under the Employment Security Act of 1980. For purposes of this section, the exclusions from employment in subparagraphs (c) and (e) of paragraph (7) of Section 1-210 of this title shall be applicable to services performed in the employ of an Indian tribe. C. The terms "Indian tribe" and "tribal unit" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in federal law. "Tribal unit" includes subdivisions, subsidiaries, and business enterprises wholly owned by an Indian tribe. D. Benefits based on service in employment defined in this section shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980, provided wages used to establish the claim were paid during a time in which the account of the Indian tribe for which services were rendered was not terminated pursuant to subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection F of this section. E. 1. An Indian tribe or tribal unit subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980 shall pay contributions under the same terms and conditions as required of nongovernmental employers for profit subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980 unless the tribe elects to pay into the State Unemployment Compensation Fund amounts equal to the amount of benefits attributable to service in the employ of the Indian tribe. 2. An Indian tribe or tribal unit electing to make payments in lieu of contributions shall so notify the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission in writing before the last day of January of the calendar year in which the tribe wishes to begin making reimbursement payments. If the Commission determines the Indian tribe is eligible to exercise its option, the Indian tribe shall be liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions in the same manner and subject to the same provisions that apply to reimbursing nonprofit organizations as provided in Part 8 of Article 3 of the Employment Security Act of 1980, including formation of group accounts, and the proportionate allocation of benefit costs, except that one hundred percent (100%) of the extended benefits attributable to the Indian tribe shall be reimbursed. Indian tribes