§ 52-04-20 — Group accounts

Two or more employers that have become liable for payments in lieu of contributions may
file a joint application to the bureau for the establishment of a group account for the purpose of
sharing the cost of benefits paid that are attributable to service in the employ of such employers.
Each such application must identify and authorize a group representative to act as the group's
agent for the purposes of the North Dakota unemployment compensation law. Upon the
approval of the application, the bureau shall establish a group account for such employers
effective as of the beginning of the calendar quarter in which it receives the application and shall
notify the group's representative of the effective date of the account. Such account must remain
in effect for not less than two years and thereafter until terminated at the discretion of the
bureau or upon application by the group. Upon establishment of the account, each member of
the group is liable for payments in lieu of contributions with respect to each calendar quarter in
the amount that bears the same ratio to the total benefits paid in such quarter that are
attributable to service performed in the employ of all members of the group as the total wages
paid for service in employment by such member in such quarter bear to the total wages paid
during such quarter for service performed in the employ of all members of the group. The
bureau shall prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary with respect to applications for
establishment, maintenance, and termination of group accounts that are authorized by this
section, for addition of new members to, and withdrawal of active members from, such
accounts, and for the determination of the amounts that are payable under this section by
members of the group and the time and manner of such payments.