39-51-404. Special administrative funds. - Montana Statutes

     39-51-404. Special administrative funds. (1) Money credited to the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund by the secretary of the treasury of the United States pursuant to section 903 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1103, as amended, may be used, pursuant to a specific appropriation by the legislature, for the payment of expenses incurred by the department for the administration of the unemployment insurance laws and public employment offices. The appropriation must specify the purposes of the appropriation and the amounts of the appropriation.
     (2) The department shall maintain a separate record of the deposit, obligation, expenditure, and return of funds deposited. If any money deposited is for any reason not to be expended for the purpose for which it was appropriated or if it remains unexpended at the end of the period specified by the law appropriating the money, it must be withdrawn and returned to the secretary of the treasury of the United States for credit to this state's account in the unemployment trust fund.
     (3) The following assessments must be levied against and paid by the indicated employers:
     (a) 0.13% of all taxable wages paid by employers assigned a Rate Class 1, Schedules I and II, and Rate Class 2, Schedule I, contribution rate as provided in 39-51-1218;
     (b) 0.18% of all taxable wages paid by employers assigned a contribution rate other than Rate Class 1, Schedules I and II, and Rate class 2, Schedule I, as provided in 39-51-1218;
     (c) 0.18% of all taxable wages paid by employers assigned an industrial rate as provided in 39-51-1217;
     (d) 0.08% of total wages paid by all employers as provided in 39-51-1124;
     (e) 0.09% of total wages paid by all employers as provided in 39-51-1212.
     (4) All assessments and investment income must be deposited in the employment security account provided for in 39-51-409.
     (5) The following assessments and investment income from those assessments are designated to be used for the administration of the unemployment insurance program:
     (a) 0.05% of all taxable wages paid by all employers as provided in 39-51-1218;
     (b) 0.05% of all taxable wages paid by employers assigned an industry rate as provided in 39-51-1217;
     (c) 0.03% of total wages paid by all employers as provided in 39-51-1124; and
     (d) 0.04% of total wages paid by all employers as provided in 39-51-1212.
     (6) If unemployment insurance funding sources exceed the needs of the unemployment insurance program, all or a portion of the excess may be appropriated and used for the purposes outlined in 39-51-409.

     History: En. Subd. (c), Sec. 9, Ch. 137, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 171, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 368, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 87-113(b); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 57, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 349, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 251, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 281, L. 1983; (4)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 304, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 461, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 422, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, Sp. L. January 1992; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 173, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 167, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 94, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 362, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 25, L. 2009.