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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-703" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements">
  <text>The Secretary shall participate in an arrangement for payment of benefits that are based on a combination of covered employment and employment that is covered under the unemployment insurance law of another state if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the United States Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the agency responsible for administration of that law, approves the arrangement as reasonably calculated to ensure prompt and full payment of compensation in cases in which there is a combination of employments; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the arrangement includes a provision to:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>apply a base period that is determined under the law of a single state;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>avoid duplication of wages in computation of benefits that are based on the employments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>reimburse the Unemployment Insurance Fund for benefits that are based on employment that is covered under the unemployment insurance law of another state; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>use the Unemployment Insurance Fund as the Secretary finds to be fair and reasonable to reimburse the fund of another state for benefits that are based on covered employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
