Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 51. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Part 4. Financial Administration

Unemployment Insurance Administration Account

39-51-406. Unemployment insurance administration account. (1) There is an account in the federal special revenue fund to be known as the unemployment insurance administration account. All money that is deposited, appropriated, or paid into this account is available for appropriation to the department. All money in the account must be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the costs of administration of this chapter and costs of administration of other legislation specifically delegated by the legislature to the department for administration of unemployment insurance laws.

(2) All money received and deposited in the account from the United States or any agency of the United States pursuant to section 302 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 502, must be expended solely for the purpose and in the amounts found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter.

(3) The account consists of:

(a) all money received from the United States or any agency of the United States pursuant to section 302 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 502, as amended; and

(b) all money, trust funds, supplies, facilities, or services furnished, deposited, paid, and received from the United States or any agency of the United States that are designated for use in the administration of the unemployment insurance program.

(4) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, all money requisitioned and deposited in this account pursuant to 39-51-403 through 39-51-405 must remain part of the unemployment insurance fund and must be used only in accordance with the conditions specified in 39-51-403 through 39-51-405.

(5) All money in this account must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as is provided by law for other accounts. The balance in this account may not lapse at any time but must be continuously available to the department for expenditure consistent with this chapter.

(6) Any reference to the unemployment insurance administration fund in this code means the unemployment insurance administration account in the federal special revenue fund.

History: En. Subd. (a), Sec. 13, Ch. 137, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 164, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 190, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 164, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 171, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 208, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 368, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 87-133; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 57, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 349, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 369, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 15, Sp. L. January 1992; amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 10, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 52, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 10, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 25, L. 2009.