                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES (§ 60.2-536.3)

A. If a person knowingly transfers, or attempts to transfer, any trade or
business where the sole or primary purpose is to obtain a lower unemployment tax
rate, or if a person knowingly advises another person to engage, or attempt to
engage, in such transfer, such person shall be subject, in addition to the
criminal penalties set forth in § 18.2-204.3, to the following additional rate
of contributions and civil penalty:

   1. If the person is an employer, he shall be assigned the highest rate
   assignable under this chapter for the calendar year during which such
   violation or attempted violation occurred, and for the next calendar year
   immediately following such year. However, if the employer is already at such
   highest rate for that year, or if the amount of increase in the
   employer&#8217;s rate would be less than two percent for any such year, then
   an additional rate of contributions of two percent of taxable wages shall be
   imposed for such year, which shall be paid into the benefit account of the
   Unemployment Compensation Fund pursuant to &#xA7; 60.2-301.

   2. If the person is not an employer, he shall be subject to a civil penalty of
   $5,000, which shall be paid into the Special Unemployment Compensation
   Administration Fund pursuant to &#xA7; 60.2-314.

B. Final orders of the Commission with respect to the provisions of &#xA7;
60.2-536.1 may be recorded, enforced, and satisfied as orders or decrees of a
circuit court upon certification of such orders by the Clerk of the Commission.
Such orders may be appealed pursuant to &#xA7; 60.2-500.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 47, 91.