§ 23:1515 — Employment security administration account

§1515. Employment security administration account
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 23:1511, there is hereby established a
special account of the Employment Security Administration Fund to be known as the
Employment Security Administration Account. Amounts that are appropriated and made
available to the administrator from the social charge account, as provided in R.S.
23:1553(B)(7), (9), and (11), shall be paid into this account. Amounts from such account
shall be pledged and dedicated for use solely and exclusively for supplemental funding of
personnel costs associated with specific unemployment insurance and employment security
functions of Louisiana Works. Such functions shall be restricted to those provided according
to the provisions of this Chapter for the following:
(1) Auditing of claims filed.
(2) Recovery of amounts overpaid to claimants.
(3) Auditing of experience-rating accounts.
(4) Recovery of delinquent contributions.
(5) Disposition of appeals.
(6) Cash management and remittance processing.
(7) Field staffing.
(8) Outreach to employers, employees, and unemployed persons.
B. Such amounts shall not be expended or be available for expenditure in any
manner which would permit their substitution for, or a corresponding reduction in, federal
funds which in the absence of such monies would be made available for the administration
of this Chapter.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1053, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 197, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.