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43:21-6.1.  Child support obligations;  withholding from unemployment compensation payments;  distribution
    a.  An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation with an effective date on or after October 1, 1982 shall, at the time of filing the claim, disclose whether or not the individual owes child support obligations as  defined under paragraph g.  If any individual discloses that he or she owes  child support obligations, and is determined to be eligible for unemployment  compensation, the division shall notify the State or local child support  enforcement agency enforcing this obligation that the individual has been  determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.

    b.  The division shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation to an individual that owes child support obligations as defined under paragraph g.,

    (1) the amount specified by the individual to the division to be deducted and withheld under this section, or

    (2) the amount (if any) determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the  division under Section 454(20)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act, P.L. 97-35, 42  U.S.C. 654, by the State or local child support enforcement agency, or

    (3) any amount otherwise required to be so deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process (as that term is defined by  the Commissioner of Labor in regulations, which definition shall be identical  to the definition of legal process in Section 462(e) of the Social Security  Act, P.L. 95-30, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 662) properly served upon the division.

    c.  Any amount deducted and withheld under paragraph b. shall be paid by the  division to the appropriate State or local child support enforcement agency.

    d.  Any amount deducted and withheld under paragraph b. shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by the individual to the State or local child support enforcement agency in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations.

    e.  For purposes of paragraphs a. through d., the term  "unemployment compensation"  means any compensation payable under the Unemployment Compensation Law (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) (including amounts payable by the division pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment).

    f.  This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for  reimbursement by the State or local child support enforcement agency for the  administrative costs incurred by the division under this section which are  attributable to child support obligations being enforced by the State or local  child support enforcement agency.

    g.  The term  "child support obligations"  is defined for purposes of these  provisions as including only obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a  plan described in Section 454 of the Social Security Act, P.L. 97-35, 42 U.S.C.  654, which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services  under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act.

    h.  The term  "State or local child support enforcement agency"  as used in  these provisions means any agency of a State or a political subdivision thereof  operating pursuant to a plan described in paragraph g.

     L.1982, c. 144, s. 7, eff. Sept. 24, 1982.