Employment Security Administration Fund

C.R.S. tit. 8, art. 78

in effect

C.R.S. § 8-78-101 Establishment of administration fund

8-78-101. Establishment of administration fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the employment security administration fund. All money deposited or paid into this fund shall be continuously available to the division for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title, and shall not lapse at any time or be transferred to any other fund. The fund shall consist of all money received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof; all money received from any agency of the United States or any other state as compensation for services or facilities supplied to such agency; all amounts received pursuant to any surety bond or insurance policy or from other sources for losses sustained by the employment security administration fund or by reason of damage to property, equipment, or supplies purchased from money in such fund; and all proceeds realized from the sale or disposition of any such property, equipment, or supplies which may no longer be necessary for the proper administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title.

C.R.S. § 8-78-102 Protection against loss

8-78-102. Protection against loss. Such money shall be secured by the depository in which it is held to the same extent and in the same manner as required by the general depository law of this state. The state treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the employment security administration fund provided under this article. The liability imposed under this section shall exist in addition to any liability upon any separate bond existent on March 15, 1951, or which may be given in the future.

C.R.S. § 8-78-103 Deposit and disbursement

8-78-103. Deposit and disbursement. All money in the employment security administration fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as provided by law for other special funds in the state treasury. All money in this fund shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper and efficient administration of the employment security program; except that moneys received pursuant to the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, which constitute this state's share of the excess remaining in the federal unemployment account on July 1 of any fiscal year shall be disbursed solely for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary for the proper and efficient administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title, as determined and mutually agreed upon by the director of the division, the controller, and the governor.

C.R.S. § 8-78-104 Reimbursement of fund

8-78-104. Reimbursement of fund. If any money received in the employment security administration fund, which is not a part of this state's share of the excess remaining in the federal unemployment account on July first of any fiscal year, is found by the secretary of labor, because of any action or contingency, to have been lost or to have been expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in excess of, those found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper administration of the employment security program, it is the policy of this state that such money shall be replaced by money appropriated for such purpose from the general funds of this state to the employment security administration fund for expenditures as provided in section 8-78-103 or by those funds which constitute this state's share of the excess remaining in the federal unemployment account on July first of any fiscal year. Upon receipt of such a finding by the secretary of labor, the division shall promptly report the amount required for such replacement to the governor, and the governor, at the earliest opportunity, shall submit to the general assembly a request for the appropriation of such amount.

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