Subdivision 1. Payments. In lieu of taxes payable on a quarterly basis, the state of Minnesota or its political subdivisions must reimburse the trust fund the amount of unemployment benefits charged to its reimbursable account under section 268.047. Reimbursements in the amount of unemployment benefits charged to the reimbursable account during a calendar quarter must be received by the department on or before the last day of the month following the month that the notice of unemployment benefits paid is sent under section 268.047, subdivision 5. Past due reimbursements are subject to the same interest charges and collection procedures that apply to past due taxes.
Subd. 2. Election by state or political subdivision to be taxpaying employer. (a) The state or political subdivision may elect to be a taxpaying employer if a notice of election is filed. The election is effective at the beginning of the next calendar quarter. Upon election, the state or political subdivision must be assigned the new employer tax rate under section 268.051, subdivision 5, for the calendar year of the election and unless or until it qualifies for an experience rating under section 268.051, subdivision 3.
An election is for a minimum period of eight calendar quarters following the effective date of the election and continue unless a notice terminating the election is filed. The termination is effective at the beginning of the next calendar quarter.
(b) The method of payments to the trust fund under subdivisions 3 and 4 applies to all taxes paid by or due from the state or political subdivision that elects to be taxpaying employers under this subdivision.
(c) A notice of election or a notice terminating election must be filed by electronic transmission in a format prescribed by the commissioner.
Subd. 3. Method of payment by state. To discharge its liability, the state and its wholly owned instrumentalities must pay the trust fund as follows:
(1) Every self-sustaining department, institution and wholly owned instrumentality must pay the trust fund in accordance with subdivision 1. For the purposes of this clause a "self-sustaining department, institution or wholly owned instrumentality" is one where the dedicated income and revenue substantially offsets its cost of operation.
(2) Every partially self-sustaining department, institution and wholly owned instrumentality must pay the trust fund that same proportion of the amount that has been charged to its employer account as the proportion of the total of its income and revenue is to its annual cost of operation.
(3) Every department, institution or wholly owned instrumentality that is not self-sustaining must pay the trust fund to the extent funds are available from appropriated funds.
(4) The departments, institutions and wholly owned instrumentalities, including the University of Minnesota, that have money available must pay the trust fund in accordance with subdivision 1. If an applicant was paid during the base period from a special account provided by law, the payment to the trust fund must be made from the special account with the approval of the Department of Administration and the amounts are appropriated.
(5) For those departments, institutions and wholly owned instrumentalities that cannot pay the trust fund, the commissioner must certify on November 1 of each calendar year to the commissioner of management and budget the unpaid balances. Upon receipt of the certification, the commissioner of management and budget must include the unpaid balances in the biennial budget submitted to the legislature.
Subd. 4. Method of payment by political subdivision. A political subdivision or instrumentality thereof is authorized and directed to pay its liabilities by money collected from taxes or other revenues. Every political subdivision authorized to levy taxes except school districts may include in its tax levy the amount necessary to pay its liabilities. School districts may levy according to section 126C.43, subdivision 2. If the taxes authorized to be levied cause the total amount of taxes levied to exceed any limitation upon the power of a political subdivision to levy taxes, the political subdivision may levy taxes in excess of the limitations in the amounts necessary to meet its liability. The expenditures authorized must not be included in computing the cost of government as defined in any home rule charter. The governing body of a municipality, for the purpose of meeting its liabilities, in the event of a deficit, may issue its obligations payable in not more than two years, in an amount that may cause its indebtedness to exceed any statutory or charter limitations, without an election, and may levy taxes in the manner provided in section 475.61.
Subd. 5. Considered an election. If the state of Minnesota or its political subdivisions choose not to be a taxpaying employer under subdivision 2, the state or its political subdivision are considered, for purposes of the Minnesota unemployment insurance program, to have elected to be liable for reimbursements under subdivision 1.
Ex1936 c 2 s 4; 1937 c 306 s 2; 1939 c 443 s 3; 1941 c 554 s 3; 1943 c 650 s 2; 1945 c 376 s 3; 1947 c 32 s 1-8; 1947 c 432 s 3-5,11; 1947 c 600 s 7; 1949 c 526 s 1; 1949 c 605 s 3-6,17,18; 1951 c 442 s 2; 1953 c 97 s 5,6,8; 1953 c 288 s 1; 1955 c 380 s 2-4,6; 1957 c 25 s 1; 1957 c 873 s 2; 1959 c 702 s 2-4; 1965 c 45 s 40; 1965 c 741 s 6-11; 1967 c 573 s 3; 1967 c 617 s 1; 1967 c 856 s 1; 1969 c 3 s 1; 1969 c 567 s 3; 1969 c 854 s 6; 1971 c 860 s 1; 1971 c 942 s 3-6; 1973 c 254 s 3; 1973 c 599 s 2-4; 1975 c 336 s 6-10; 1977 c 4 s 4,5; 1977 c 297 s 6-11; 1977 c 430 s 25 subd 1; 1977 c 455 s 82; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1979 c 181 s 4-8; 1980 c 508 s 2-7; 1Sp1982 c 1 s 5-12; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 87; 1983 c 247 s 112; 1983 c 372 s 9-15; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1986 c 444; 1986 c 451 s 1; 1987 c 242 s 1; 1987 c 362 s 9-12; 1987 c 385 s 10-18; 1989 c 65 s 3-5; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1992 c 484 s 4-7; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1995 c 54 s 3-7; 1996 c 417 s 5-7,31; 1997 c 66 s 22-24,27,79,80; 1999 c 107 s 29,66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2001 c 175 s 16-18; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 61; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 5,20; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 5 s 27,28; 2004 c 183 s 32,33; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 12; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 26-30; 2009 c 78 art 3 s 1; art 4 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2010 c 347 art 2 s 9; 1Sp2019 c 7 art 8 s 7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development
Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance
Section 268.001 — Citation; Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law.
Section 268.03 — Public Purpose Of The Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program.
Section 268.031 — Standard Of Proof; Statutory Interpretation And Application.
Section 268.032 — Electronic Transmission; When Allowed; Sending To Last Known Address Required.
Section 268.033 — Computation Of Time.
Section 268.034 — Computations Of Money Rounded Down.
Section 268.035 — Definitions.
Section 268.042 — Employers Coverage.
Section 268.0425 — Electronic Transaction Presumption.
Section 268.043 — Determinations Of Coverage.
Section 268.044 — Wage Reporting.
Section 268.045 — Employer Tax Or Reimbursable Accounts.
Section 268.047 — Effect On Employer Of Unemployment Benefits Paid.
Section 268.051 — Employers Taxes.
Section 268.052 — Payment To Trust Fund By State And Political Subdivisions.
Section 268.0525 — Indian Tribes.
Section 268.053 — Payment To Trust Fund By Nonprofit Organizations.
Section 268.057 — Collection Of Taxes.
Section 268.058 — Lien, Levy, Setoff, And Civil Action.
Section 268.059 — Garnishment For Delinquent Taxes And Unemployment Benefit Overpayments.
Section 268.0625 — Revocations Of Business Licenses.
Section 268.063 — Personal Liability.
Section 268.064 — Liability For Debts Upon Acquisition.
Section 268.065 — Liability Of Amounts Due From Subcontractors And Employee Leasing Firms.
Section 268.066 — Cancellation Of Amounts Due From An Employer.
Section 268.0675 — No Election Of Remedy.
Section 268.068 — Notice To Workers.
Section 268.069 — Payment Of Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.07 — Benefit Account.
Section 268.084 — Password; Presumption.
Section 268.085 — Eligibility Requirements; Payments That Affect Benefits.
Section 268.0865 — Continued Request For Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.087 — Unemployment Benefits Due Deceased Persons.
Section 268.088 — Benefits Paid During Certain Voluntary Unemployment.
Section 268.095 — Ineligibility Because Of Quit Or Discharge.
Section 268.101 — Determinations On Issues Of Ineligibility.
Section 268.103 — Appeals By Electronic Transmission.
Section 268.115 — Extended Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.125 — Additional Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.131 — Combined Wage Arrangements For Work In Multiple States.
Section 268.133 — Unemployment Benefits While In Entrepreneurial Training.
Section 268.136 — Shared Work.
Section 268.145 — Income Tax Withholding.
Section 268.155 — Child Support Deducted From Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.18 — Unemployment Benefit Overpayments.
Section 268.182 — Fraud; Criminal Penalty.
Section 268.183 — Applicant Administrative Penalties.
Section 268.184 — Employer Misrepresentation And Misreporting; Administrative Penalties.
Section 268.186 — Records; Audits.
Section 268.188 — Subpoenas; Oaths.
Section 268.19 — Data Privacy.
Section 268.192 — Protection Of Rights.
Section 268.194 — Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Section 268.196 — Administration Account.
Section 268.199 — Contingent Account.
Section 268.20 — Representation In Court.
Section 268.21 — Nonliability Of State.
Section 268.211 — Unemployment Insurance Benefits Telephone System.
Section 268.215 — Day Of The Week And Date Requirement.