Section 27-3-211 - Employment Support Fund Established.

WY Stat § 27-3-211 (2019) (N/A)
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27-3-211. Employment support fund established.

(a) There is established the employment support fund. Revenues allocated pursuant to W.S. 27-3-505(a) shall be credited to the employment support fund by the department, with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall invest available revenues in the fund in accordance with law, and earnings from those investments shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the employment support fund shall not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year, except that any unappropriated amounts remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be transferred by the state treasurer to the state unemployment insurance trust fund created pursuant to W.S. 27-3-209.

(b) Monies from the employment support fund shall be expended only upon appropriation by the legislature and shall be withdrawn solely for unemployment compensation benefits or administrative expenses to:

(i) Offset funding deficits for program administration under this act;

(ii) Collect and administer the revenues collected under W.S. 27-3-505(a);

(iii) Further support programs to strengthen unemployment fund solvency;

(iv) Support employment office programs administered by the department of workforce services.