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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 185 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, to be designated the "Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Revolving Fund". The revolving fund shall consist of all penalties and interest received by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Said revolving fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall not be subject to legislative appropriation. Expenditures from said revolving fund shall be made pursuant to the laws of this state and the statutes relating to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and shall be for administration expenses of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and for any other purpose which the Legislature directs. Warrants for expenditures from said fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Added by Laws 1986, c. 205, § 10, emerg. eff. June 6, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 313, § 10, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 133.

§40-5-101. Applicability. APPLICABILITY. This part applies to penalties for violations of this act. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 5-101, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-5-102. False statement for benefits, failure to disclose material fact. FALSE STATEMENT FOR BENEFITS, FAILURE TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL FACT. A. Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this act or under the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government, either for the individual or for any other person, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall constitute a separate offense for each week of benefits. B. If a person is convicted of the crime described in subsection A of this section in a particular benefit year, and in any subsequent benefit year that person again commits the crime described in subsection A of this section, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one