Sec. 1. There is established a special fund to be known as the unemployment insurance benefit fund which shall be administered separate and apart from all public money or funds of the state. This fund shall consist of:
(1) all contributions, all payments in lieu of contributions, all money received from the federal government as reimbursements pursuant to section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970, and all money paid into and received by it as provided in this article;
(2) any property or securities and the earnings thereof acquired through the use of money belonging to the fund;
(3) all other money received for the fund from any other source;
(4) all money credited to this state's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1103, as amended; and
(5) interest earned from all money in the fund.
Subject to the provisions of this article, the department is vested with full power, authority, and jurisdiction over the fund, including all money and property or securities belonging thereto, and may perform any and all acts whether or not specifically designated in this article which are necessary or convenient in the administration thereof consistent with the provisions of this article and the Depository Act. The money in this fund shall be used only for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2701; Acts 1957, c.299, s.8; Acts 1973, P.L.239, SEC.5. As amended by P.L.18-1987, SEC.68; P.L.171-2016, SEC.38.
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