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SC Code § 41-31-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-810. Application of Article 5.

 Benefits paid to employees of a governmental entity as provided for by Sections 41-27-210(5), 41-27-230(2), and 41-35-10, shall be financed to the same extent, in similar manner, and by like procedure as is set out in Article 5 of this chapter with respect to the financing of benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations, except that the provisions of Section 41-31-640 shall not be applicable thereto, and except that for the purposes of Section 41-31-670 no governmental entity as defined in Section 41-27-230(2) may use any credit balance in its experience rating account for payment, credit, set off, or reduction of reimbursement of any amount of regular or extended benefits attributable to service in its employment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-230; 1971 (57) 950; 1977 Act No. 161, Section 21; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made no apparent change to this section.
SC Code § 41-31-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-820. Deposit and review of premiums collected from state agencies; transfers from general fund to cover claims.

 (A) Unemployment compensation premiums collected from state agencies will be deposited into a separate account and used to pay unemployment compensation benefits to eligible employees of the State. Premiums will be based on experience ratings provided by private consultants and the Department of Administration or the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. The Unemployment Compensation Funds' contribution level must be reviewed no less than biennially to ensure that premiums are commensurate with the cost of operating the Unemployment Compensation Fund. All interest earned on this account must be retained by the Unemployment Compensation Fund and used to offset costs.  (B) Notwithstanding the amounts annually appropriated as "Unemployment Compensation Insurance" to cover unemployment benefit claims paid to employees of the state government who are entitled under federal law, the State Treasurer and the Comptroller General, are hereby authorized and directed to pay from the general fund of the State to the department funds necessary to cover actual benefit claims paid during the current fiscal year which exceed the amounts paid in for this purpose by the various agencies, departments, and institutions subject to unemployment compensation claims. The department must certify quarterly to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Department of Administration the state's liability for such benefit claims actually paid to claimants who were employees of the State of South Carolina and entitled under federal law. The amount so certified must be remitted to the department.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt IX.J; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in subsection (B) substituted "department funds necessary" for "South Carolina Employment Security Commission such funds as are necessary" in the first sentence; and substituted "department" for "Employment Security Commission" in the second and third sentences.
SC Code § 41-31-910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-910. General provisions.

 Departmental administrative contingency assessments must accrue and become payable by each employer who is subject to the assessments as defined in Section 41-27-410 for each calendar year in which he is subject to Chapters 27 through 41 of this title with respect to wages for employment. The assessments are due and payable by each subject employer to the department for the departmental administrative contingency fund and are not deductible, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in the employer's employ. No determination and assessments may be instituted more than four years after the last day of the month immediately following the calendar quarter for which the assessments were payable. The limitation period contained in this section does not apply to an employer that wilfully fails to file a departmental contingency assessment report pursuant to this section or pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department, or has knowingly made a false statement or has intentionally failed to disclose a material fact on a departmental contingency assessment report.  HISTORY: 1986 Laws Act No. 362, Section 13; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 41-31-920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-920. Inclusion of assessments in quarterly contribution report.

 Departmental administrative contingency assessments must be reported on the employer's quarterly contribution report according to the same rules as the department may prescribe for contributions.  HISTORY: 1986 Laws Act No. 362, Section 13; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "departmental" for "employment security" and "department" for "commission".
SC Code § 41-31-930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund|Section 41-31-930. Penalty for late payment.

 If any employer's amount of the departmental administrative contingency assessment which is due and payable, as prescribed by the department, is unpaid ten days following the date on which an assessment or debit memorandum has been issued, a penalty of ten dollars may be assessed.  HISTORY: 1986 Laws Act No. 362, Section 13; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "departmental" for "employment security", substituted "department" for "commission", and deleted "therefor" after "has been issued".
SC Code § 41-33-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-10. Creation and content of unemployment compensation fund.

 There is established a special fund, to be known as the unemployment compensation fund, which must be administered separate and apart from all public monies or funds of the State. This fund must consist of:  (1) all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions collected under Chapters 27 through 41 of this title;  (2) interest earned on any money in the fund;  (3) property or securities acquired through the use of money belonging to the fund;  (4) earnings of those properties or securities;  (5) money credited to this State's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended;  (6) money received from the federal government as reimbursements pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970; and  (7) money received for the fund from another source. Money in the fund must be comingled and undivided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-301; 1952 Code Section 68-301; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 1969 (56) 268; 1973 (58) 248; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 53, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes to this section.
SC Code § 41-33-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-20. Department to control fund.

 Subject to the provisions of Chapters 27 through 41 of this title, the department is invested with the full power, authority, and jurisdiction over the fund, including all money, property, and securities belonging to it, and may perform any and all acts, whether or not specifically designated in this title, which are necessary or convenient in the administration of this title consistent with the provisions of those chapters.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-302; 1952 Code Section 68-302; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 54, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-30. State Treasurer shall administer fund and issue warrants upon it.

 The State Treasurer is ex officio treasurer and custodian of the fund and shall administer it pursuant to the directions of the department and shall issue his warrants upon it pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-303; 1952 Code Section 68-303; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 55, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for two occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-40. Three separate accounts within fund; collections credited to clearing account.

 All money in the fund must be comingled and undivided, but the State Treasurer shall maintain within the fund three separate accounts:  (a) a clearing account;  (b) an unemployment trust fund account; and  (c) a benefit account.  All money payable to the fund, upon receipt of the money by the department, must be forwarded to the State Treasurer who immediately shall credit it to the clearing account.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-304; 1952 Code Section 68-304; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 56, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-45. Annual reports; trend charts; cost analysis.

 (A) The department shall report, by October first of each year, to the General Assembly, the Review Committee, and to the Governor the amount in the unemployment trust fund and make an assessment of its funding level.  (B)(1) The annual assessment report must contain a trend chart concerning the unemployment trust fund's annual balance each year for at least the previous five years. The chart must compare the ending balance for each year with the minimum reserves needed to withstand an average recession and a severe recession.  (2) The annual assessment report also must contain an analysis of the cost paid to beneficiaries and cost-shifting, if any, from companies without a negative balance in their account fund to companies with a negative balance in their fund account. The analysis must be conducted with accepted actuarial principles on the basis of statistics of employment, business activity, and other relevant factors for the longest possible period. The analysis also must include recommendations for adjusting the tax structure to address inequities that arise due to cost-shifting.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 73, Section 3, eff June 11, 1999; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 8, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote this section to require the Department of Workforce to file annual reports including trend charts and cost analyses.
SC Code § 41-33-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-50. Transfer of funds to United States Secretary of the Treasury for federal unemployment trust fund.

 After clearance thereof, all moneys in the clearing account other than such as may have been refunded pursuant to Section 41-31-360 or item (6) of Section 41-27-260 shall be immediately deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of this State in the unemployment trust fund, established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Social Security Act, as amended, any provisions of law in this State relating to the deposit, administration, release or disbursement of moneys in the possession or custody of this State to the contrary notwithstanding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-305; 1952 Code Section 68-305; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369.
SC Code § 41-33-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-60. Withdrawals from unemployment trust fund shall constitute benefit account.

 The benefit account consists of all monies requisitioned from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund and no monies may be withdrawn from the unemployment trust fund for the payment of any interest accrued on advances granted to the State under Title XII of the Social Security Act for the purposes of this chapter, and this interest must be paid from sources other than the unemployment trust fund.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-306; 1952 Code Section 68-306; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1984 Act No. 406, Section 2.
SC Code § 41-33-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-70. Deposit of moneys in clearing and benefit accounts.

 Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title, moneys in the clearing and benefit accounts may be deposited in any depository bank in which general funds of the State may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the fund. Moneys of the unemployment compensation fund when in the clearing account or benefit account shall not be commingled with other State funds but shall be maintained in separate accounts on the books of the depository bank or banks handling these accounts and shall be secured by such bank or banks by such securities or surety bond as are required by law of depositories of State funds and the collateral pledged shall be maintained in a separate custody account.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-307; 1952 Code Section 68-307; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369.
SC Code § 41-33-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-80. Moneys must be requisitioned from State's account in unemployment trust fund for payment of benefits and refunds.

 Except as provided in Section 41-33-180, money must be requisitioned from this State's account in the unemployment trust fund solely for the payment of benefits or refunds pursuant to Section 41-31-360 or item (6) of Section 41-27-260 and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department; except that money credited to this account pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, must be used exclusively as provided in Sections 41-33-130 to 41-33-160.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-308; 1952 Code Section 68-308; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 2002 Act No. 306, Section 8, eff June 5, 2002; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 57, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2002 amendment substituted "must" for "shall" in two places, and "41-31-360" for "41-33-360".  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "commission"; and made one other nonsubstantive change.
SC Code § 41-33-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-90. Requisitions by department on State Treasurer.

 The department shall from time to time issue its requisition for a lump sum amount for the payment of benefits or refunds upon the Comptroller General who shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in the form provided by law. The Treasurer shall pay this amount to the department by a check drawn on the benefit account, notwithstanding any provisions of law in this State relating to deposit, administration, release and disbursement of money in the possession or custody of this State to the contrary. The department in requisitioning lump sum withdrawals from the State Treasurer for the payment of individual benefit claims shall not exceed in any event the balance of funds in the benefit account, and the requisition must be in an amount estimated to be necessary for benefit payments for a period that the department may prescribe by regulation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-309; 1952 Code Section 68-309; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 58, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for four occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-100. Deposit of amounts drawn by department; security.

 Such lump sum amounts when received by the department from the State Treasurer must be immediately deposited by the department in a benefit payment account maintained in the name of the department in that bank or public depository and under conditions the department determines necessary. The bank or public depository must be one in which general funds of the State may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the fund or benefit payment account. The department shall require the bank or depository it selects as the depository of the benefit payment account security in an amount equal to the amount on deposit. This security must consist of securities or a surety bond required by law of depositories of state funds.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-310; 1952 Code Section 68-310; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 59, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for five occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-110. Representatives of department shall sign checks; bonds of representatives.

 The department shall delegate to designated representatives the authority to sign checks on the benefit payment account and the signature of one of the designated representatives must be required on each check. The department shall require the representative to give a bond in an amount the department determines for his faithful performance of his duties in connection with the benefit payment account in a form prescribed by law or approved by the Attorney General. Premiums for these bonds must be paid from the unemployment compensation administration fund. A duly authorized representative of the department may draw and issue its checks on the benefit payment account for the payment of individual benefit claims.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-311; 1952 Code Section 68-311; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 60, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for four occurrences of "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-120. Payment of refunds.

 A refund payable pursuant to Section 41-31-360 or item (6) of Section 41-27-260 may be paid from the clearing or benefit accounts upon requisition by the department to the Comptroller General, who shall draw his warrant in the usual form provided by law on the State Treasurer, who shall pay the refund from the proper account.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-312; 1952 Code Section 68-312; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 61, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-130. Appropriation or formal release not required for expenditures from benefit account or refunds from clearing account.

 An expenditure of money in the benefit account and a refund from the clearing account must not be subject to a provision of law requiring a specific appropriation or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody. A warrant issued for the payment of a benefit and a refund must bear the signature of the department or a duly authorized agent for that purpose.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-313; 1952 Code Section 68-313; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 62, eff March 30, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 41-33-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 41 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 33 - Employment And Workforce - Funds|Section 41-33-140. Withdrawal and use of money credited to State's account in unemployment trust fund.

 Money credited to the account of this State pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, may not be withdrawn or used except for the payment of benefits and for the payment of expenses for the administration of Chapters 27 through 41 of this Title. Amounts credited to this State's account in the unemployment trust fund under Section 903 of the Social Security Act which are obligated for administration or paid out for benefits shall be charged against equivalent amounts which were first credited and which are not already so charged; except that no amount obligated for administration during a twelve-month period specified in Section 41-33-150 (3) may be charged against any amount credited during such a twelve-month period earlier than the twenty-fourth preceding such period.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-313.1; 1952 Code Section 68-313; 1942 Code Section 7035-89; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1957 (50) 580; 1959 (51) 286; 1964 (53) 2089; 1969 (56) 248; 1973 (58) 248.