§ 8-416. Reimbursement

   (a) Loss of money; unnecessary expenditures. -- If the United States Secretary of Labor finds that money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund received under Title III of the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act has been lost or spent for purposes other than or in amounts exceeding those found necessary by the United States Secretary of Labor for the proper administration of this title, it is the policy of the State to replace the money with money that is appropriated from the General Fund of the State in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Appropriation from General Fund. --

   (1) On receipt of notice that the United States Secretary of Labor has found that money from the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund was misused, the Secretary promptly shall give the Governor notice of the money required for replacement.

   (2) At the earliest opportunity, the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a request for appropriation of the money required.

(c) Administrative costs not covered by the federal grant. -- If money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund is used for payment of costs of administration that are found not to be properly chargeable against federal money credited to the Fund, the Secretary shall use money in the Special Administrative Expense Fund to pay for those costs.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 95A, § 14; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.