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        96.8  CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
         1.  Period of coverage.  Any employing unit which is or
      becomes an employer subject to this chapter within any calendar year
      shall be subject to this chapter during the whole of such calendar
      year.
         2.  Voluntary termination.  Except as otherwise provided in
      subsection 3 of this section, an employing unit ceases to be an
      employer subject to this chapter, as of the first day of January of
      any year, if it files with the department, prior to the fifteenth day
      of February of that year, a written application for termination of
      coverage, and the department finds that the employing unit did not
      meet any of the qualifying liability requirements as provided under
      section 96.19, subsection 16, in the preceding calendar year.
         3.  Election by employer.
         a.  An employing unit, not otherwise subject to this chapter,
      which files with the department its written election to become an
      employer subject hereto for not less than two calendar years, shall
      with the written approval of such election by the department, become
      an employer subject hereto to the same extent as all other employers,
      as of the date stated in such approval, and shall cease to be subject
      hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such two
      calendar years, only if prior to the fifteenth day of February of
      such year, it has filed with the department a written notice to that
      effect.
         b.  Any employing unit for which services that do not
      constitute employment as defined in this chapter are performed, may
      file with the department a written election that all such services
      performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct
      establishments or places of business shall be deemed to constitute
      employment for all the purposes of this chapter for not less than two
      calendar years.  Upon the written approval of such election by the
      department, such services shall be deemed to constitute employment
      subject to this chapter from and after the date stated in such
      approval.  Such services shall cease to be deemed employment subject
      hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such two
      calendar years, only if prior to the fifteenth day of February of
      such year such employing unit has filed with the department a written
      notice to that effect.
         4.  Transfer or discontinuance of business.
         a.  In any case in which the enterprise or business of a
      subject employer has been sold or otherwise transferred to a
      subsequent employing unit or reorganized or merged into a single
      employing unit under the provisions of section 96.7, subsection 2,
      paragraph "b", the account of the transferring employer shall
      terminate as of the date on which such transfer, reorganization or
      merger was completed.
         b.  In any case in which the enterprise or business of a
      subject employer has been discontinued otherwise than by sale or
      transfer to a subsequent employing unit and such employer has had no
      employment for a period of one year, the department may, on its own
      motion, terminate said account.
         5.  Liability of certain employers.  Employers who by election
      or determination of the department are liable for payments in lieu of
      contributions shall not be relieved of any regular benefit charges or
      extended benefit charges, except for those charges which are
      determined to be incorrect because of an error by the department.  
         Section History: Early Form

         [C39, § 1551.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
      81, § 96.8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1067, § 18; 89 Acts, ch 296, § 15; 91 Acts, ch 45, §6;
      96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23
         Referred to in § 96.3, 96.5, 96.6, 96.7(2a), 96.19

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Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-96 > 96-8

        96.8  CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
         1.  Period of coverage.  Any employing unit which is or
      becomes an employer subject to this chapter within any calendar year
      shall be subject to this chapter during the whole of such calendar
      year.
         2.  Voluntary termination.  Except as otherwise provided in
      subsection 3 of this section, an employing unit ceases to be an
      employer subject to this chapter, as of the first day of January of
      any year, if it files with the department, prior to the fifteenth day
      of February of that year, a written application for termination of
      coverage, and the department finds that the employing unit did not
      meet any of the qualifying liability requirements as provided under
      section 96.19, subsection 16, in the preceding calendar year.
         3.  Election by employer.
         a.  An employing unit, not otherwise subject to this chapter,
      which files with the department its written election to become an
      employer subject hereto for not less than two calendar years, shall
      with the written approval of such election by the department, become
      an employer subject hereto to the same extent as all other employers,
      as of the date stated in such approval, and shall cease to be subject
      hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such two
      calendar years, only if prior to the fifteenth day of February of
      such year, it has filed with the department a written notice to that
      effect.
         b.  Any employing unit for which services that do not
      constitute employment as defined in this chapter are performed, may
      file with the department a written election that all such services
      performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct
      establishments or places of business shall be deemed to constitute
      employment for all the purposes of this chapter for not less than two
      calendar years.  Upon the written approval of such election by the
      department, such services shall be deemed to constitute employment
      subject to this chapter from and after the date stated in such
      approval.  Such services shall cease to be deemed employment subject
      hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such two
      calendar years, only if prior to the fifteenth day of February of
      such year such employing unit has filed with the department a written
      notice to that effect.
         4.  Transfer or discontinuance of business.
         a.  In any case in which the enterprise or business of a
      subject employer has been sold or otherwise transferred to a
      subsequent employing unit or reorganized or merged into a single
      employing unit under the provisions of section 96.7, subsection 2,
      paragraph "b", the account of the transferring employer shall
      terminate as of the date on which such transfer, reorganization or
      merger was completed.
         b.  In any case in which the enterprise or business of a
      subject employer has been discontinued otherwise than by sale or
      transfer to a subsequent employing unit and such employer has had no
      employment for a period of one year, the department may, on its own
      motion, terminate said account.
         5.  Liability of certain employers.  Employers who by election
      or determination of the department are liable for payments in lieu of
      contributions shall not be relieved of any regular benefit charges or
      extended benefit charges, except for those charges which are
      determined to be incorrect because of an error by the department.  
         Section History: Early Form

         [C39, § 1551.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
      81, § 96.8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1067, § 18; 89 Acts, ch 296, § 15; 91 Acts, ch 45, §6;
      96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23
         Referred to in § 96.3, 96.5, 96.6, 96.7(2a), 96.19

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Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-96 > 96-8

        96.8  CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
         1.  Period of coverage.  Any employing unit which is or
      becomes an employer subject to this chapter within any calendar year
      shall be subject to this chapter during the whole of such calendar
      year.
         2.  Voluntary termination.  Except as otherwise provided in
      subsection 3 of this section, an employing unit ceases to be an
      employer subject to this chapter, as of the first day of January of
      any year, if it files with the department, prior to the fifteenth day
      of February of that year, a written application for termination of
      coverage, and the department finds that the employing unit did not
      meet any of the qualifying liability requirements as provided under
      section 96.19, subsection 16, in the preceding calendar year.
         3.  Election by employer.
         a.  An employing unit, not otherwise subject to this chapter,
      which files with the department its written election to become an
      employer subject hereto for not less than two calendar years, shall
      with the written approval of such election by the department, become
      an employer subject hereto to the same extent as all other employers,
      as of the date stated in such approval, and shall cease to be subject
      hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such two
      calendar years, only if prior to the fifteenth day of February of
      such year, it has filed with the department a written notice to that
      effect.
         b.  Any employing unit for which services that do not
      constitute employment as defined in this chapter are performed, may
      file with the department a written election that all such services
      performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct
      establishments or places of business shall be deemed to constitute
      employment for all the purposes of this chapter for not less than two
      calendar years.  Upon the written approval of such election by the
      department, such services shall be deemed to constitute employment
      subject to this chapter from and after the date stated in such
      approval.  Such services shall cease to be deemed employment subject
      hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such two
      calendar years, only if prior to the fifteenth day of February of
      such year such employing unit has filed with the department a written
      notice to that effect.
         4.  Transfer or discontinuance of business.
         a.  In any case in which the enterprise or business of a
      subject employer has been sold or otherwise transferred to a
      subsequent employing unit or reorganized or merged into a single
      employing unit under the provisions of section 96.7, subsection 2,
      paragraph "b", the account of the transferring employer shall
      terminate as of the date on which such transfer, reorganization or
      merger was completed.
         b.  In any case in which the enterprise or business of a
      subject employer has been discontinued otherwise than by sale or
      transfer to a subsequent employing unit and such employer has had no
      employment for a period of one year, the department may, on its own
      motion, terminate said account.
         5.  Liability of certain employers.  Employers who by election
      or determination of the department are liable for payments in lieu of
      contributions shall not be relieved of any regular benefit charges or
      extended benefit charges, except for those charges which are
      determined to be incorrect because of an error by the department.  
         Section History: Early Form

         [C39, § 1551.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
      81, § 96.8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1067, § 18; 89 Acts, ch 296, § 15; 91 Acts, ch 45, §6;
      96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23
         Referred to in § 96.3, 96.5, 96.6, 96.7(2a), 96.19