Montana — Title 39 · Chapter 51 — UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

• § 39-51-101 — Short title
• § 39-51-102 — Declaration of state public policy
• § 39-51-103 — Nonliability of state -- right to benefits subject to provisions of chapter and extent of available funds
• § 39-51-104 — Chapter to become inoperative if federal act becomes inoperative
• § 39-51-105 — Disbursement of funds if federal act becomes inoperative
• § 39-51-106 — Approval by secretary of labor required for chapter to have effect
• § 39-51-110 — Collateral estoppel
• § 39-51-201 — General definitions
• § 39-51-202 — Employer defined
• § 39-51-203 — Employment defined
• § 39-51-204 — Exclusions from definition of employment
• § 39-51-205 — Agricultural labor defined
• § 39-51-206 — Agricultural labor -- who treated as employer of member of crew furnished by crew leader
• § 39-51-207 — Treatment of limited liability companies
• § 39-51-301 — Administration -- duties and powers of department -- duties and powers of board -- emergency provisions
• § 39-51-302 — Administrative rules
• § 39-51-303 — Publication and distribution of materials
• § 39-51-304 — Personnel -- criminal record background check
• § 39-51-305 — Department to appoint appeals referees
• § 39-51-307 — Department to create employment service
• § 39-51-308 — Acquisition and disposition of property by department
• § 39-51-309 — Representation of department and state in court
• § 39-51-310 — Function of board
• § 39-51-401 — Unemployment insurance fund -- establishment and control
• § 39-51-402 — Unemployment insurance fund -- custodian -- accounts and deposits
• § 39-51-403 — Money to be requisitioned from unemployment trust fund solely for payment of benefits
• § 39-51-404 — Special administrative funds
• § 39-51-406 — Unemployment insurance administration account
• § 39-51-407 — Reimbursement of fund by state
• § 39-51-408 — Advances from federal unemployment trust fund
• § 39-51-409 — Employment security account
• § 39-51-501 — State-federal cooperation
• § 39-51-502 — Cooperation with other agencies
• § 39-51-503 — Agreements with railroad retirement board
• § 39-51-504 — Reciprocal benefit arrangements
• § 39-51-505 — Access to governmental records
• § 39-51-601 — Department to maintain wage record
• § 39-51-602 — Method to be used by department in keeping wage records
• § 39-51-603 — Employing unit to keep records and make reports -- confidentiality -- rules
• § 39-51-605 — Employing unit responsibility to respond to department requests for information -- waiver of rights
• § 39-51-701 — Short title
• § 39-51-702 — Purpose
• § 39-51-706 — Department duties -- review of information
• § 39-51-1101 — Commencement and termination of coverage under chapter
• § 39-51-1102 — Election by employing units not otherwise subject to chapter
• § 39-51-1103 — Contributions by employers required -- payments in lieu of contributions authorized for certain employers
• § 39-51-1104 — Duty and liability of contractor and subcontractor, respectively, in regard to taxes, penalties, and interest owed by subcontractor
• § 39-51-1105 — Liability for taxes, penalties, and interest owed
• § 39-51-1108 — Amount of wages per employee subject to contribution
• § 39-51-1109 — Tax appeals -- procedure
• § 39-51-1110 — Refunds to employers
• § 39-51-1121 — Definitions
• § 39-51-1122 — Treatment of minor irregularities in determination of eligible employer status
• § 39-51-1123 — Rates of contributions
• § 39-51-1124 — Procedure for election to make payments in lieu of contributions
• § 39-51-1125 — Computation of payments in lieu of contributions
• § 39-51-1126 — Termination of election to make payments in lieu of contributions
• § 39-51-1131 — Terminated
• § 39-51-1132 — Liability of tribal units -- cancellation for failure to make payments
• § 39-51-1206 — Department to provide for notification of employers of their classification and contribution rate
• § 39-51-1211 — Definitions
• § 39-51-1212 — Experience rating for governmental entities
• § 39-51-1213 — Classification of employers for experience rating purposes
• § 39-51-1214 — Benefit payments chargeable to employer experience rating accounts -- definition
• § 39-51-1215 — Maintenance of experience rating records
• § 39-51-1216 — Experience rating record voided when account inactive
• § 39-51-1217 — Schedule of rates assigned based on trust fund reserve
• § 39-51-1218 — Rate schedules
• § 39-51-1219 — Procedures for substitution, merger, transfer, or acquisition of employer account by successor employing unit -- prohibitions and penalties -- definitions
• § 39-51-1301 — Penalty and interest on past-due reports and payments
• § 39-51-1302 — Summary or jeopardy assessment of unpaid taxes
• § 39-51-1303 — Collection of unpaid taxes
• § 39-51-1304 — Lien for payment of unpaid taxes -- levy and execution
• § 39-51-1305 — Priority of payment of taxes due under legal dissolutions or distributions
• § 39-51-1306 — Reciprocity with other states for collection of unpaid taxes
• § 39-51-1307 — Collection of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest by offset
• § 39-51-2101 — Total unemployment -- when
• § 39-51-2102 — Commencement of week of unemployment
• § 39-51-2103 — Payment of benefits
• § 39-51-2104 — General benefit eligibility conditions
• § 39-51-2105 — Qualifying wages
• § 39-51-2106 — Certain wages not to be used in determining benefit eligibility or amount
• § 39-51-2107 — Services for remuneration to be performed during benefit year as condition for receiving benefits in second benefit year -- amount required
• § 39-51-2108 — Payment of benefits based on services in public, charitable, or educational organizations
• § 39-51-2109 — Payment of benefits to athletes
• § 39-51-2110 — Payment of benefits to aliens
• § 39-51-2111 — Unemployment benefits for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking
• § 39-51-2112 — Benefit ineligibility for leave of absence
• § 39-51-2113 — Benefit ineligibility for suspension
• § 39-51-2115 — Part-time work search -- eligibility for benefits
• § 39-51-2116 — Participation in worker training program -- eligibility for training benefits
• § 39-51-2201 — Weekly benefit amount -- determination of average weekly wage
• § 39-51-2202 — Partial payment of benefits
• § 39-51-2203 — Reduction of benefits because of amounts received from certain other sources
• § 39-51-2204 — Maximum benefit amount
• § 39-51-2205 — Continuation of benefits at death of claimant
• § 39-51-2207 — Voluntary withholding of taxes from benefits -- procedures
• § 39-51-2208 — Deduction and withholding of unemployment benefits to repay overissuance of food stamps -- definitions
• § 39-51-2301 — Disqualification not to be confined to a single benefit year
• § 39-51-2302 — Disqualification for leaving work without good cause -- requalification
• § 39-51-2303 — Disqualification for discharge due to misconduct
• § 39-51-2304 — Disqualification for failure to apply for or to accept suitable work
• § 39-51-2305 — Disqualification when unemployment because of strike
• § 39-51-2306 — Disqualification because of receipt of certain other wages, compensation, or benefits
• § 39-51-2307 — School attendance
• § 39-51-2401 — Claims to be made in accordance with rules -- notice of coverage
• § 39-51-2402 — Determination -- redetermination
• § 39-51-2403 — Hearing -- decision of appeals referee
• § 39-51-2404 — Appeal to board procedure
• § 39-51-2405 — Prompt payment of claims
• § 39-51-2406 — Continuing jurisdiction of department over claims
• § 39-51-2407 — Procedure for disputed claims to be prescribed by regulation -- conduct of hearing or appeal
• § 39-51-2408 — Disputed claim -- records of all proceedings to be kept
• § 39-51-2409 — Witness fees
• § 39-51-2410 — Finality of board's decision -- judicial review
• § 39-51-2501 — Definitions
• § 39-51-2504 — State "on" indicator -- when
• § 39-51-2505 — State "off" indicator -- when
• § 39-51-2506 — Beginning and termination of extended benefit period -- announcement of
• § 39-51-2507 — Effect of state law provisions relating to regular benefits on claims for and the payment of extended benefits
• § 39-51-2508 — Eligibility requirements for extended benefits -- disqualifications -- acceptance of suitable work
• § 39-51-2509 — Weekly extended benefit amount
• § 39-51-2510 — Total extended benefit amount
• § 39-51-2511 — Extended benefits filed interstate
• § 39-51-2601 — Limitations on weeks of combined extended benefits and trade readjustment allowances
• § 39-51-2602 — Approved training under federal programs
• § 39-51-3101 — Protection against self-incrimination
• § 39-51-3102 — Certain agreements in violation of chapter void
• § 39-51-3103 — Employer prohibited from making, requiring, or accepting deduction from wages or requiring or accepting waiver of rights under chapter -- penalty for violation
• § 39-51-3105 — Assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of right to benefits void -- benefits exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or other remedy for collection of debt -- exception
• § 39-51-3106 — Child support interception of unemployment benefits
• § 39-51-3107 — Internal revenue levy -- withholding of unemployment benefits to repay federal tax obligations
• § 39-51-3201 — Making false statement or representation or failing to disclose material fact in order to obtain or increase benefits -- administrative penalty and remedy
• § 39-51-3202 — Making false statement or representation or failing to disclose material fact in order to obtain or increase benefits -- criminal penalty
• § 39-51-3203 — Obtaining benefits through deception or other fraudulent means -- criminal penalty
• § 39-51-3204 — Employing unit making false statement or representation, failing to disclose material fact, or failing or refusing to make contributions or other payments, furnish reports, or permit inspection or copying of records -- criminal penalty
• § 39-51-3205 — Criminal penalty for violations of chapter where no penalty prescribed
• § 39-51-3206 — Collection of benefit overpayments
• § 39-51-3207 — Authority to determine uncollectibility of debts -- transfer of debts for collection -- liability for payment of fees and costs of collection
• § 39-51-3208 — Interception of lottery winnings for unemployment insurance offsets -- notice to agency -- procedures