Section 2835.1  Recovery Of Benefits By Recoupment

a)         The Director may recover for the State by recoupment the sums paid as unemployment insurance benefits to an individual who is found ineligible to receive benefits.  Recoupment is a method by which the Director deducts from any benefits payable to a claimant the amounts of benefits he was found not entitled to receive under the law.

b)         The recoverable amounts may be either regular or extended benefits paid under either the Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, pars. 300 through 820), hereinafter referred to as "the Act", or the Federal Unemployment Compensation Act for Federal Employees (5 U.S.C. 8501 et seq) or Ex-Servicemen (5 U.S.C. 8521 et seq), (UCFE and UCX) programs administered by the Director.

(Source  Amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 7626, effective April 14, 1987)