South Carolina § 41-33-710 - Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund.

§ 41-33-710. Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund.

(A) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund, which consists of all assessments collected pursuant to Section 41-27-410. Money in the Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-33-420 applicable to the Department of Employment and Workforce administration fund.

(B) Money deposited in the Department of Employment and Workforce administrative contingency fund is appropriate and made available to the department. Money in the fund must be expended to:

(1) assist with the reemployment of unemployed workers using the most efficient and effective means of service delivery;

(2) undertake a program or activity that furthers the goal of the department as provided in Chapter 42 of this title;

(3) supplement basic employment security services with special job search and claimant placement assistance designed to assist unemployment insurance claimants to obtain employment;

(4) provide employment services, like recruitment, screening, and referral of qualified workers to agricultural areas where those services have in the past contributed to positive economic conditions for the agricultural industry; and

(5) provide otherwise unobtainable information and analysis to the legislature and program managers about issues related to employment and unemployment.

(C) A balance in the fund does not lapse, but is continuously available to the department for expenditure consistent with Chapter 42 of this title. The department must issue its requisition approved by its director or his designated officer or agent for the purposes set forth in this section 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 fund.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 362, SECTION 14, eff April 3, 1986; 2010 Act No. 146, SECTION 72, eff March 30, 2010; 2011 Act No. 3, SECTION 12, eff March 14, 2011.

Effect of Amendment

The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission" throughout this section; redesignated subsections (a) and (b) as (A) and (B), respectively; designated the last paragraph of the section as subsection (C), and substituted "its director" for "the chairman" following "issue its requisition approved by" therein; and made other nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.

The 2011 amendment four times substituted "Department of Employment and Workforce" for "Employment Security".