CHAPTER 25. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FUND (UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND) - Indiana Statutes

IC 22-4-25
     Chapter 25. Special Employment and Training Services Fund (Unemployment Trust Fund)

IC 22-4-25-1
Creation; use of funds
     Sec. 1. (a) There is created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the special employment and training services fund. All interest on delinquent contributions and penalties collected under this article, together with any voluntary contributions tendered as a contribution to this fund, shall be paid into this fund. The money shall not be expended or available for expenditure in any manner which would permit their substitution for (or a corresponding reduction in) federal funds which would in the absence of said money be available to finance expenditures for the administration of this article, but nothing in this section shall prevent said money from being used as a revolving fund to cover expenditures necessary and proper under the law for which federal funds have been duly requested but not yet received, subject to the charging of such expenditures against such funds when received. The money in this fund shall be used by the board for the payment of refunds of interest on delinquent contributions and penalties so collected, for the payment of costs of administration which are found not to have been properly and validly chargeable against federal grants or other funds received for or in the employment and training services administration fund, on and after July 1, 1945. Such money shall be available either to satisfy the obligations incurred by the board directly, or by transfer by the board of the required amount from the special employment and training services fund to the employment and training services administration fund. The board shall order the transfer of such funds or the payment of any such obligation or expenditure and such funds shall be paid by the treasurer of state on requisition drawn by the board directing the auditor of state to issue the auditor's warrant therefor. Any such warrant shall be drawn by the state auditor based upon vouchers certified by the board or the commissioner. The money in this fund is hereby specifically made available to replace within a reasonable time any money received by this state pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 502, as amended, which, because of any action or contingency, has been lost or has been expended for purposes other than or in amounts in excess of those approved by the bureau of employment security. The money in this fund shall be continuously available to the board for expenditures in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall not lapse at any time or be transferred to any other fund, except as provided in this article. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, alter, or amend the liability of the state assumed and created by IC 22-4-28, or to change the procedure prescribed in IC 22-4-28 for the satisfaction of such liability, except to the extent that such liability may be satisfied by and out of the funds of such special employment and training services fund created by this section.     (b) Whenever the balance in the special employment and training services fund exceeds eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($8,500,000), the board shall order payment of the amount that exceeds eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($8,500,000) into the unemployment insurance benefit fund.
    (c) Subject to the approval of the board and the availability of funds, on July 1, 2008, and each subsequent July 1, the commissioner shall release:
        (1) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the state educational institution established under IC 21-25-2-1 for training provided to participants in apprenticeship programs approved by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training;
        (2) four million dollars ($4,000,000) to the state educational institution instituted and incorporated under IC 21-22-2-1 for training provided to participants in joint labor and management apprenticeship programs approved by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training;
        (3) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for journeyman upgrade training to each of the state educational institutions described in subdivisions (1) and (2);
        (4) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) annually for training and counseling assistance:
            (A) provided by Hometown Plans under 41 CFR 60-4.5; and
            (B) approved by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training;
        to individuals who have been unemployed for at least four (4) weeks or whose annual income is less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000); and
        (5) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) annually for training and counseling assistance provided by the state institution established under IC 21-25-2-1 to individuals who have been unemployed for at least four (4) weeks or whose annual income is less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the purpose of enabling those individuals to apply for admission to apprenticeship programs offered by providers approved by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
    (d) The funds released under subsection (c)(4) through (c)(5):
        (1) shall be considered part of the amount allocated under section 2.5 of this chapter; and
        (2) do not limit the amount that an entity may receive under section 2.5 of this chapter.
    (e) Each state educational institution described in subsection (c) is entitled to keep ten percent (10%) of the funds released under subsection (c) for the payment of costs of administering the funds. On each June 30 following the release of the funds, any funds released under subsection (c) not used by the state educational institutions under subsection (c) shall be returned to the special employment and training services fund. (Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2601; Acts 1955, c.317, s.12; Acts 1963, c.373, s.1; Acts 1967, c.310, s.22.) As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.122; P.L.18-1987, SEC.67; P.L.105-1994, SEC.3; P.L.21-1995, SEC.105; P.L.163-1997, SEC.1; P.L.52-1998, SEC.1; P.L.179-1999, SEC.4; P.L.290-2001, SEC.20; P.L.273-2003, SEC.7; P.L.202-2005, SEC.5; P.L.47-2006, SEC.46; P.L.2-2007, SEC.293; P.L.138-2008, SEC.4; P.L.175-2009, SEC.36; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.368.

IC 22-4-25-2
Remployment training accounts for department employees
     Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "fund" refers to the special employment and training services fund created under section 1 of this chapter.
    (b) The commissioner may allocate an amount not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually from the fund to establish reemployment training accounts to provide training and reemployment services to department employees dislocated by:
        (1) a reduction of funding for;
        (2) a centralization or decentralization of; or
        (3) the implementation of a more efficient technology or service delivery method in connection with;
the programs and services provided under this article.
As added by P.L.108-2006, SEC.46.

IC 22-4-25-2.5
Allocation for apprenticeship training for construction trades
     Sec. 2.5. (a) In support of IC 8-14-14, IC 8-15-2, IC 8-15-3, and IC 8-15.5, the commissioner shall allocate an amount not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually for pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training and counseling assistance relating to the construction trades for individuals who:
        (1) are not otherwise eligible for training and counseling assistance under any other program; and
        (2) are not participating in programs that duplicate those programs described in section 1(e) of this chapter.
Priority shall be granted to training or counseling persons who are members of a minority group (as defined by IC 4-13-16.5-1). The training and counseling assistance programs funded by this section must be approved by the department.
    (b) This section expires December 31, 2012.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.47.