ARTICLE 3. Administration Fund [1555. - 1562.]

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC 3.

in effect

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1555. Section 1555.

The Unemployment Administration Fund is continued in existence as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money which is deposited or paid into this fund, except any money deposited pursuant to Section 1528.5, is hereby continuously appropriated and made available to the director for the purposes authorized in this article without regard to fiscal years. Any balances in this fund shall not lapse at any time, but shall be continuously available to the director for expenditure consistent with the purposes authorized.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1556. Section 1556.

Except for money deposited pursuant to Section 1528.5, the Unemployment Administration Fund shall consist of all money appropriated by this state for the purpose of administering this part, money deposited for the purpose of expenditure pursuant to Section 1558.5, and all money received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of Labor, or from any other source for such purpose. Money requisitioned and deposited in this fund pursuant to Section 1528.5 shall remain part of the Unemployment Fund and shall be used only in accordance with the conditions specified in that section.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1557. Section 1557.

Money in the Unemployment Administration Fund shall not be commingled with other state funds, but shall be maintained in a separate account on the books of the depositary. Such money shall be secured by the depositary in which it is held to the same extent and in the same manner as required under Chapter 4, Part 2, Division 4, Title 2 of the Government Code, if deposited in a bank, or under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 16600) of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code if deposited in a savings and loan association and collateral pledged shall be maintained in a separate custody account.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1558. Section 1558.

Except as provided by Section 1558.5, all money in the Unemployment Administration Fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of the administration of this division, including, but not limited to, payments authorized under Sections 1786 and 1788, and for no other purpose whatsoever, and all money, except money received pursuant to Section 1528.5, received from the federal government for the fund pursuant to Section 302 of the Social Security Act 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 this division.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1558.5. Section 1558.5.

Money in the Unemployment Administration Fund may be expended for any cost of administration under this code, or for any expenditure by the department chargeable pursuant to state or federal law to another state or federal fund or appropriation or to a subvention, payment under a contract, or other source and expended for any purpose authorized by such state or federal law, in accordance with a plan or system of accrual cost accounting approved by the United States Department of Labor under which expenditures from the Unemployment Administration Fund are charged against advances from or subsequently reimbursed from another fund or funds or appropriation or a subvention or payment under a contract or other source to which the actual costs of such expenditures are chargeable. The director shall deposit in the Unemployment Administration Fund advances from another fund or funds or appropriation or subvention or contract payment or other source made in accordance with an approved plan or system under this section.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1559. Section 1559.

All money in the Unemployment Administration Fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as is provided by law for other special funds in the State Treasury, but the director may draw, without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements, sums not to exceed in the aggregate an amount equal to 1 percent of the total disbursements made from the fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year to be used as a revolving fund where payment of compensation earned, traveling expense advances, payments under Sections 1786 and 1788, the fees, commissions and expenses authorized to be charged in connection with the levy of writs of attachment or execution under Article 7 (commencing with Section 26720) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code, or other cash payments are necessary. At the close of each fiscal year or at any other time, upon the demand of the Department of Finance, the money so drawn shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the Controller.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1560. Section 1560.

All money in the Unemployment Administration Fund, in excess of current requirements, and not otherwise invested, may be deposited by the State Treasurer in banks and savings and loan associations and otherwise held and invested by him in the same manner as provided by law in the case of other special funds in the State Treasury, and under the same rules and regulations that govern the deposit of other public funds.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1561. Section 1561.

The State Treasurer is liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the Unemployment Administration Fund. This liability shall exist in addition to any liability upon any separate bond now existing or which may be given in the future. All sums recovered on the official bond for losses sustained by the Unemployment Administration Fund shall be deposited in that fund.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 1562. Section 1562.

This state recognizes its obligations to replace, and pledges the faith of this state that funds shall be provided in the future, and applied to the replacement of, any money received from the federal government under Title 3 of the Social Security Act, any unencumbered balances in the Unemployment Administration Fund and any money granted to this state pursuant to the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, which the Secretary of Labor finds have, because of any action or contingency, been lost or expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in excess of, those found necessary by the Secretary of Labor for the proper administration of this part and Parts 3 (commencing with Section 3501) and 4 (commencing with Section 4001) of this division. Such money shall be replaced within a reasonable time by money appropriated by the Legislature from the general funds of this state to the Unemployment Administration Fund. The director shall report to the Director of Finance, in the same manner as is provided generally for the submission of financial requirements for the ensuing year, and the Governor shall include in his or her next budget report to the Legislature, the amount required for such replacement.

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