Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
Section 23.20.155 - Employment security administration fund(a) There is created a special fund in the state treasury known as the employment security administration fund.(b) All money deposited into this fund shall be continuously available to the department for expenditure in accordance with this chapter, and may not lapse at any time or be transferred to any other fund. All money in this fund, except money received under AS 23.20.145(h), which is received from the federal government or which is appropriated by the state for the purpose described in AS 23.20.100 shall be expended solely for the purpose and in the amount found necessary by the Secretary of Labor for administration of this chapter.(c) The fund consists of all money appropriated by this state; all money received from the federal government; all money received from another source for that purpose; money received from an agency of the United States or another state as compensation for services or facilities supplied to such agency; amounts received under a surety bond or insurance policy or from other sources for losses sustained by the employment security administration fund or by reason of damage to equipment or supplies purchased from money in the fund; and proceeds realized from the sale or disposition of equipment or supplies which are no longer necessary for the administration of this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, all money requisitioned and deposited in this fund under AS 23.20.145(h) shall remain part of the unemployment fund and shall be used only in accordance with the conditions specified in AS 23.20.145(f) - (h).(d) All money in this fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed, in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements provided by law for other special funds in the state treasury.(e) The commissioner of revenue is liable on the official bond of the commissioner for the faithful performance of the commissioner's duties in connection with the employment security administration fund. This liability on the official bond exists in addition to liabilities on a separate bond. Money recovered on a surety bond for losses sustained by the employment security administration fund shall be deposited in that fund.