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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 22 state-controlled system of public employment offices or by a federal agency charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation program or free public employment offices; 25. "Employment Security Administration Fund" means the fund established in Section 4-602 of this title from which administration expenses under the Employment Security Act of 1980 shall be paid; 26. "Exhaustee" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 2-712 of this title; 27. "Experience period" means the most recent twelve (12) consecutive completed calendar quarters occurring before July 1 of the year immediately preceding the year for which the employer's contribution rate is being calculated; 28. "Extended base period" means the four (4) quarters prior to the claimant's base period. These four (4) quarters may be substituted for base period quarters on a quarter-by-quarter basis to establish a valid claim regardless of whether the wages have been used to establish a prior claim, except any wages earned that would render the Commission out of compliance with applicable federal law shall be excluded if used in a prior claim; 29. "Extended benefit period" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 2-703 of this title; 30. "File", "files", or "filed" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-224 of this title; 31. "Mail", "mails", "mailed", or "mailing" means communication sent by a postal service with sufficient postage; 32. "Foreign limited liability company" shall be defined by the provisions of the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; 33. "Fund" means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established in Section 3-601 of this title; 34. "Hospital" means any hospital required to be licensed under the Oklahoma Public Health Code, Section 1-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and includes state mental hospitals and any other mental hospital or institution; 35. "Initial claim" means a new claim application submitted by a claimant to establish a benefit year for unemployment insurance benefits; 36. "Institution of higher education" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-214 of this title; 37. "Insured work" means employment for employers as defined by the Employment Security Act of 1980; 38. "Lessor employing unit" means any independently established business entity which engages in the business of providing leased employees to any other employer, individual, organization, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, referred to herein as a client lessee; 39. "Limited liability company" shall be defined by the provisions of the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act;