Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 41-33-810 - Department of Employment and Workforce interest assessment fund(A) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Employment and Workforce interest assessment fund.(B) The fund shall consist of all assessments collected pursuant to Section 41-31-55(A).(C) All money in the interest assessment fund must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds in the State Treasury, except that money in this fund shall not be commingled with other state funds, but shall be maintained in a separate account on the books of a depository bank. They shall be secured by such bank or banks by such securities or surety bond as required by law of depositories of state funds.(D) All monies which are deposited or paid into the fund are appropriated and made available to the department. All monies in this fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of interest on advances from the federal Unemployment Trust Fund as provided in the Social Security Act, Section 1202(b)(3)(A).(E) Any balances in the fund shall not lapse at any time but shall be continuously available to the department for expenditure consistent with Chapters 27 through 41 of this title. The department shall issue its requisition approved by the executive director or any designated individual, officer, or agent for payment of such costs of interest to the Comptroller General who shall draw his warrant in the usual form provided by law on the State Treasurer, who shall pay it by check on the interest assessment fund.Added by 2011 S.C. Acts, Act No. 3 (HB 3286), s 12, eff. 3/14/2011.