Chapter 352
H.P. 1317 - L.D. 1884
PART D
Sec. D-1. Money credited to State of Maine account in Unemployment Trust Fund under Section 903(d) of federal Social Security Act. Money credited to the account of the State of Maine in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund by the United States Secretary of the Treasury on March 13, 2002 pursuant to Section 903(d) of the federal Social Security Act may not be requisitioned from the State's account or used except for the payment of benefits and for the payment of expenses incurred for the administration of the State's unemployment compensation law and public employment offices. Money used for the payment of benefits is requisitioned as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1162. Money requisitioned and used for the payment of expenses incurred for the administration of the State's unemployment compensation law and public employment offices requires a specific appropriation by the Legislature as provided in section 2 of this Part. That use is permissible only if the expenses are incurred and the money is requisitioned after the effective date of a law making an appropriation that specifies the purposes for which the money is appropriated and the amounts appropriated for those purposes. Any amount that may be obligated under such an appropriation is limited to an amount that does not exceed the amount by which the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine pursuant to Section 903(d) of the federal Social Security Act exceeds the aggregate of the amounts used by the State pursuant to this Part and charged against the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine.
For purposes of this section, the amounts obligated under an appropriation for administrative purposes must be charged against transferred amounts at the exact time the obligation is entered into. The appropriation, obligation and expenditure or other disposition of money appropriated under this section must be accounted for in accordance with standards established by the United States Secretary of Labor. Money appropriated as provided in this Part for the payment of administration must be requisitioned as needed for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriation and, upon requisition, must be deposited in the Employment Security Administration Fund from which payments are made. Money so deposited must, until expended, remain a part of the unemployment fund and, if it will not be immediately expended, must be returned promptly to the account of the State of Maine in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund.
Sec. D-2. Allocation maintaining state unemployment compensation and public employment system. There is allocated out of funds made available to the State under Section 903(d) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the sum of $5,200,000 in accordance with section 1, to be used under the direction of the Maine Department of Labor, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the State's unemployment compensation and public employment system. The uses include making needed technological improvements and upgrades to the unemployment insurance, employment services and labor market information services computer systems as they pertain to the analysis of unemployment information. It also includes administrative funding to help unemployment benefit recipients return to work more quickly.
The amount obligated pursuant to this Part may not exceed at any time the amount by which the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine pursuant to Section 903(d) of the federal Social Security Act exceeds the aggregate of the amounts obligated for administration and paid out for benefits and required by law to be charged against the amounts transferred to the State of Maine account.
Sec. D-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
Employment Security Services 0245
Initiative: Allocates funds to reflect the transfer of Reed Act funds to make technological upgrades and improvements to the unemployment insurance and employment services computer systems and to the labor market information services computer systems.
| FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
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All Other
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$5,200,000 | $0 |
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| FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL | $5,200,000 | $0 |
Employment Security Services 0245
Initiative: Allocates funds for the additional costs of continuing to provide unemployment benefits to persons who are not available for full-time work under certain circumstances.
| EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TRUST FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
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All Other
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$0 | $3,000,000 |
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| EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TRUST FUND TOTAL | $0 | $3,000,000 |
Employment Security Services 0245
Initiative: Allocates funds due to the elimination of the pension offset provision against unemployment benefits for certain persons who receive social security or any other pension.
| EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TRUST FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
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All Other
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$3,500,000 | $5,000,000 |
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| EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TRUST FUND TOTAL | $3,500,000 | $5,000,000 |
Employment Services Activity 0852
Initiative: Allocates Personal Services and All Other funds associated with the establishment of the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program to provide access to education, training and support to customers of the Department of Labor's career centers to prepare them for high-wage jobs in industries with significant demand for skilled labor.
| COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
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Personal Services
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$127,382 | $387,658 |
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All Other
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$1,222,618 | $2,562,342 |
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| COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP FUND TOTAL | $1,350,000 | $2,950,000 |
Employment Services Activity 0852
Initiative: Reduces Personal Services allocations associated with the establishment of the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program to provide access to education, training and support to customers of the Department of Labor's career centers to prepare them for high-wage jobs in industries with significant demand for skilled labor.
| FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
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Personal Services
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($127,382) | ($387,658) |
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| FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL | ($127,382) | ($387,658) |
| LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND
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$5,072,618 | ($387,658) |
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EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TRUST FUND
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$3,500,000 | $8,000,000 |
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COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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$1,350,000 | $2,950,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $9,922,618 | $10,562,342 |