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ACT No. 419
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 692
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1538(A)(1) and 1572, relative to unemployment2
compensation; to provide with respect to payroll reports; to allow the administrator3
to make estimates in the absence of all of the relevant information; to provide with4
respect to the termination of employer status; to provide for the termination of5
coverage; to provide time frames; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 23:1538(A)(1) and 1572 are hereby amended and reenacted to read8
as follows:9
§1538. Payroll reports; failure of employer to file; incorrect reports; determination10
of rates11
A.(1) If the administrator finds that any employer has failed to file any12
payroll report or has filed a report which the administrator finds incorrect or13
insufficient, the administrator shall may make an estimate of the information14
required from the employer on the basis of the best evidence reasonably available to15
him at the time, and notify the employer thereof by registered mail addressed to his16
last known address. Unless the employer files the report or a corrected or sufficient17
report, as the case may be, no later than twenty days after the mailing of the notice,18
the administrator shall may compute such employer's rate of contribution on the19
basis of such estimates, and the rate so determined shall be subject to increase or20
decrease on the basis of subsequently ascertained information.21
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§1572. Termination of employer status; application for termination of coverage;1
termination by administrator2
Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 23:1573 and R.S. 23:1574, an3
employing unit shall cease to be an employer subject to this Chapter as of the first4
day of any calendar year only if it files with the administrator during the first5
calendar quarter, ending March 31st thirty-first of such year, a written application6
for termination of coverage, and the administrator finds that the employing unit has7
not met any of the conditions for subjectivity to the law during the preceding8
calendar year. If an employing unit has been inactive for at least three calendar years9
four consecutive quarters, the administrator on his own motion may terminate10
coverage.11
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: