Section 2714.10  Definitions

All other terms used in this Part shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 200 through 247 of the Unemployment Insurance Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, pars. 300 through 372), unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

            "Agent State" means any State in which an individual files a claim for benefits from another State.

            "Agency" means any officer, board, commission or other authority charged with the administration of the unemployment insurance law of a participating jurisdiction.

            "Benefits" means the compensation payable to an individual, with respect to his unemployment, under the unemployment compensation law of any State.

            "Interested jurisdiction" means any participating jurisdiction to which an election submitted under this Part is sent for its approval; and "interested agency" means the agency of such jurisdiction.

            "Interstate Benefit Payment Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 409(J) of the Unemployment Insurance Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 409(J)).

            "Interstate Claimant" means an individual who claims benefits under the unemployment insurance law of one or more liable states through the facilities of an agent State.  The term "interstate claimant" shall not include any individual who customarily commutes from a residence in an agent State to work in a liable State.  However, if such an individual requests to be considered an interstate claimant, such request shall be granted by Illinois as a liable state.

            "Jurisdiction" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Canada, or, with respect to the Federal Government, the coverage of any Federal unemployment insurance.

            "Liable State" means any State against which an individual files, through another State, a claim for benefits.

            "Participating Jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction whose administrative agency has subscribed to the Interstate Reciprocal Coverage Arrangement and whose adherence thereto has not terminated.

            "Services customarily performed' by an individual in more than one jurisdiction" means services performed in more than one jurisdiction during a reasonable period, if the nature of the services gives reasonable assurance that they will continue to be performed in more than one jurisdiction or if such services are required or expected to be performed in more than one jurisdiction under the election.

            "State" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 409(J)(3) of the Unemployment Insurance Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 409(J)).

            "Week of unemployment" includes any week of unemployment as defined in the law of the liable State from which benefits with respect to such week are claimed.