(A)Two or more
reimbursing employers may file a joint application for the establishment of a
group account. Such application mayis to be on a form prescribed by the director or on a form containing the information as required herein.
Such application shall include:
(1)Identification
of the name and reimbursing account number assigned by the department to each
employer desiring to participate in the group;
(2)Identification
of the name of the group representative;
(3)Authorization
for such group representative to act as the group's agent for the purposes of
division (D) of section 4141.241 of the Revised Code;
(4)Signature of
an authorized official of each employer joining in the application;
(5)Signature of
the group representative or an authorized official of such representative,
accepting such agency; and
(6)The
application must be accompanied by a certified copy
of the resolution by the board of directors, trustees, or other governing body,
however denominated, of each applicant organization, authorizing the filing of
the application to become a member of such group and having such authorized
representative.
(B)The
application may be on one form or on separate forms as long as each applicant
identifies its own name and reimbursing account number, satisfies the other
requirements hereof, and clearly identifies the group for which application is
being made.
(C)After review
of the application for group account, the director shall issue a determination
establishing the account, or disapproving the application in part or in its
entirety. Such determination shall be issued to all employers requesting
membership in the group. If established, the determination shall list the
members of the group and state the effective date of the group account. If the
determination disapproves the application in part, written consent thereafter
furnished by all applicants approved for group membership shall be the basis
for the director to approve the application, as revised, as that of a group for
the members that have been approved and the director shall issue a
determination as in the establishment of a group account. Where such written
consent is not furnished by each member of the group, the entire application
shall be disapproved.
(D)After any such
approval, the group representative shall be notified of the establishment of
the account, the effective date, and names of the members thereof.
(E)No group
account shall become effective until after a surety bond, deposit of approved
municipal or other bonds, approved securities, or a combination thereof, or
other forms of collateral security approved by the director, equal to the
bonding amount, has been furnished.
Effective: 6/18/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/2/2020 and 06/18/2025
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 06/08/2020
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4141.13
Rule Amplifies: 4141.24, 4141.241
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/1972, 07/03/1986, 05/29/1990,
06/03/1996, 01/15/2001, 01/01/2006, 04/01/2015