2011 California Code
Unemployment Insurance Code
DIVISION 1. UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION [100 - 4751]
ARTICLE 1. Employment
Section 605

(a) Except as provided by Section 634.5, employment for the purposes of this part and Parts 3 (commencing with Section 3501) and 4 (commencing with Section 4001) includes all service performed by an individual (including blind and otherwise disabled individuals) for any public entity or Indian tribe, if the service is excluded from employment under the federal Unemployment Tax Act solely by reason of paragraph (7) of Section 3306(c) of that act.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) Public entity means the State of California (including the Trustees of the California State University and Colleges, and the California Industries for the Blind), any instrumentality of this state (including the Regents of the University of California), any political subdivision of this state or any of its instrumentalities, a county, city, district (including the governing board of any school district or community college district, any county board of education, any county superintendent of schools, or any personnel commission of a school district or community college district that has a merit system pursuant to any provision of the Education Code), entities conducting fairs as identified in Sections 19418 to 19418.3, inclusive, of the Business and Professions Code, any public authority, public agency, or public corporation of this state, any instrumentality of more than one of the foregoing, and any instrumentality of any of the foregoing and one or more other states or political subdivisions.

(2) Indian tribe means any Indian tribe described by subsection (u) of Section 3306 of Title 26 of the United States Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 152, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)