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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 96

§40-2-702. Applicability. APPLICABILITY. The provisions of this part shall apply to the Extended Benefits Program. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-702, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-2-703. Extended benefit period. EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD. "Extended benefit period" means a period which shall: (1) begin with the third week after the first week for which there is a state "on" indicator; and (2) end with either of the following weeks, whichever occurs later: (a) the third week after the first week for which there is a state "off" indicator, or (b) the thirteenth consecutive week of such period. No extended benefit period may begin by reason of a state "on" indicator before the fourteenth week following the end of a prior extended benefit period which was in effect with respect to this state. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-703, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 11, operative Oct. 1, 1982.

§40-2-706. State "on" indicator. STATE "ON" INDICATOR. There is a "state 'on' indicator" for this state for a week if the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission determines, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of Labor of the United States, that for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding twelve (12) weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, not seasonally adjusted: 1. Equaled or exceeded one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the average of such rates for the corresponding thirteen-week period ending in each of the preceding two (2) calendar years, and equaled or exceeded five percent (5%); or 2. Equaled or exceeded six percent (6%). Any optional or revised "state 'on' indicator" or indicators or optional waiver by a state of any such indicator or part of any such indicator provided for by Congress for any period of time shall be considered to be in effect in Oklahoma for such period of time. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-706, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 12, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2002, c. 452, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.

§40-2-707. State "off" indicator. STATE "OFF" INDICATOR.