A. All remittance under Section 1-101 et seq. of this title shall be made payable to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by automatic clearinghouse (ACH) debit/credit, financial institution, draft, check, cashier's check, electronic fund transfer, credit card, money order or money, and the Commission shall issue its receipt, for cash or money payment, to the payor. No remittance other than cash shall be in final discharge of liability due the Commission unless and until it shall have been paid in cash. All monies collected shall be deposited with the State Treasurer. There shall be assessed, in addition to any other penalties provided for by law, an administrative service fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) on each check returned to the Commission or any agent thereof by reason of the refusal of the financial institution upon which such check was drawn to honor the same. There shall be assessed, in addition to any other penalties provided for by law, an administrative service fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) on each electronic fund transfer that fails due to insufficient funds in the payor's account.
B. Upon the return of any check by reason of the refusal of the financial institution upon which such check was drawn to honor the same, the Commission may file a bogus check complaint with the appropriate district attorney who shall refer the complaint to the Bogus Check Restitution Program established by Section 111 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Funds collected through the program after collection of the fee authorized by Section 114 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes for deposit in the Bogus Check Restitution Program Fund in the county treasury shall be transmitted to the Commission and credited to the liability for which the returned check was drawn along with the administrative service fee provided by this section.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 333, § 9, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 256, § 13; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.