§ 133 — Agreement with federal secretary

§ 133. Agreement with federal secretary. 1. The director is hereby\nauthorized, on behalf of the state, to enter into an agreement with the\nfederal secretary for the purpose of extending old-age and survivors\ninsurance coverage to eligible employees of the state or of any\npolitical subdivision.\n 2. The agreement with the federal secretary shall provide that the\nstate will pay to the secretary of the treasury of the United States, at\nsuch time or times as may be prescribed under the federal social\nsecurity act, contributions with respect to wages, equal to the sum of\nthe taxes which would be imposed by sections thirty-one hundred one and\nthirty-one hundred eleven of the federal insurance contributions act if\nthe services covered by such agreement constituted employment within the\nmeaning of that act. Such agreement also may contain such provisions\nrelating to coverage, benefits, contributions, adjustments, refunds,\nadministration, effective date, modification and termination of the\nagreement and such other appropriate provisions as the director and the\nfederal secretary may agree upon and which are consistent with this\narticle and the federal social security act. Such agreement, or any\nmodification thereof, may be made retroactive where authorized by the\nfederal social security act.\n 3. Such agreement shall apply to:\n a. All services which constitute employment and are performed in the\nemploy of the state by employees thereof, provided, however, that the\ndirector may exclude from coverage under such agreement, or modification\nthereof, in accordance with the federal social security act, classes of\nemployment where he shall determine that old-age and survivors insurance\ncoverage for such classes is impracticable; and\n b. All services which constitute employment and are performed in the\nemploy of a political subdivision, whether or not covered by an\nagreement entered into pursuant to section one hundred thirty-six of\nthis chapter, provided, however, that the director may exclude from\ncoverage under such agreement, or modification thereof, in accordance\nwith the federal social security act, classes of employment where he\nshall determine that old-age and survivors insurance coverage for such\nclasses is impracticable.\n 4. Any instrumentality jointly created by this state and any other\nstate or states is hereby authorized, upon the granting of like\nauthority by such other state or states, (a) to enter into an agreement\nwith the federal secretary to provide old-age and survivors insurance\nbenefits to employees of such instrumentality, (b) to require its\nemployees to pay (and for that purpose to deduct from their wages)\ncontributions equal to the tax which would be imposed by section\nthirty-one hundred one of the federal insurance contributions act, (c)\nto make payments to the secretary of the treasury in accordance with\nsuch agreement, including payments from its own funds equal to the\namount of the tax which would be imposed by section thirty-one hundred\neleven of the federal insurance contributions act, and (d) otherwise to\ncomply with such agreements.\n