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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation » Article 6. Employee Eligibility; Benefits » §21A-6-17. Food Stamp Overissuance Intercept of Unemployment Benefits

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section two, article ten of this chapter, the commissioner shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual that owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamp coupons, as defined under subsection (f) of this section:

(1) The amount, if any, determined pursuant to a written agreement between the individual and the Department of Health and Human Resources under Section 13(c)(3)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as codified in 7 U.S.C. 2022(c)(3)(A), and submitted to the commissioner; or