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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.020 (2026)

Definitions for fund, state, contributions, and benefits

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As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Fund" means the unemployment insurance fund established by KRS 341.490, to which all contributions, and from which all benefits shall be paid;

(2) "State" includes, in addition to the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Dominion of Canada, and Virgin Islands;

(3) "Contributions" means the money payments, exclusive of interest and penalties, to the unemployment insurance fund required by this chapter and by any previous unemployment compensation law of this state; and

(4) "Benefits" means the money payments payable to a worker under this chapter and under any previous unemployment compensation law of this state with respect to his unemployment. Effective: July 1, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 389, sec. 2, effective July 1, 1978. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 89. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1. -- Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4748g-3.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1943–1943 · leading case: Barnes, Etc. v. Levy Bros., Inc., 175 S.W.2d 495 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).
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Barnes, Etc. v. Levy Bros., Inc., 175 S.W.2d 495 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “” Since Section 4748g-3, Kentucky Statutes, as does KRS 341.020(3), defined “contributions” as used in the act to mean money payments to the unemployed insurance fund “required” by the act, the appellants construe the above quoted section as not embracing voluntary payments but…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.020(3) — 1 case
Barnes, Etc. v. Levy Bros., Inc., 175 S.W.2d 495 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “” Since Section 4748g-3, Kentucky Statutes, as does KRS 341.020(3), defined “contributions” as used in the act to mean money payments to the unemployed insurance fund “required” by the act, the appellants construe the above quoted section as not embracing voluntary payments but…”
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