COVERED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Sample Clauses

COVERED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. Transportation services mandatorily covered for Social Security under Section 210(k) of the Act are excluded from coverage under a Section 218 Agreement. 30001.357 Optional Exclusions When a State elects to extend Section 218 coverage to a coverage group, it has the option of excluding or covering certain services and positions. The State may take these optional exclusions for absolute and retirement system coverage groups. It may exercise these exclusions on a statewide basis or selectively by coverage groups. Optional exclusions not taken when the coverage group is brought under the agreement are covered. If the exclusion is a position exclusion (elective, part-time, fee-basis), it may be taken for a class or classes of the positions. A class of positions is a group of positions which have common characteristics. Positions in a single organizational unit of the coverage group do not constitute a class of positions. For example, while all of the part-time clerical employees of a county could be excluded under the part-time position exclusion, the exclusion could not be taken for part-time employees of the Office of the County Clerk, which is an organizational unit of the county. The optional exclusions include:  Agricultural labor, but only those services that would be excluded if performed for a private employer;  Elective positions;  Election workers and election officials whose pay in a calendar year is less than the amount mandated by law, unless Section 218 agreement covers election workers;  Positions compensated solely by fees that are subject to SECA (Self-Employment Contributions Act), unless Section 218 Agreement covers these services;  Part-time positions;  Students enrolled and regularly attending classes at the school, college or university where they are working. The optional exclusions can be taken by the State in any combination for each separate coverage group. Any services a State excludes can be included later if permitted by Federal and State law and the State’s Agreement. Generally, if the services are covered under a Section 218 Agreement, it cannot later be removed from coverage except for services performed by election officials and election workers and solely fee-based positions. NOTE: Beginning July 2, 1991, services optionally excluded from coverage under a Section 218 Agreement may be mandatorily covered unless the employee is a member of a public retirement system or the services are excluded from mandatory coverage.