§ 22-4-12-1 — Eligibility; payment; death

Benefits designated as unemployment
insurance benefits shall become payable from the fund to any
individual who is or becomes unemployed and eligible for benefits
under the terms of this article. All benefits shall be paid through the
department or such other agencies as the department by rule may
designate at such times and in such manner as the department may
prescribe. The department may adopt rules to provide for the payment
of benefits due and payable on executed vouchers to persons since
deceased; benefits so due and payable may be paid to the legal
representative, dependents, or next of kin of the deceased as are found
to be entitled thereto, which rules need not conform with the laws of
the state governing decedent estates, and every such payment shall be
deemed a valid payment to the same extent as if made to the legal
representative of the deceased.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1201. As amended by
P.L.144-1986, SEC.101; P.L.108-2006, SEC.22.