2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR III - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY (§§ 8-70-101 — 8-82-105) › Article 77 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND REVENUE FUNDS (§§ 8-77-101 — 8-77-110) › Section 8-77-109 - Employment support fund - employment and training technology fund - created - uses - repeal

(1)
(a)
Repealed.
(b)
There is hereby established the employment support fund. The fund consists of thirty-five percent of the support surcharge rate assessed annually as part of each employer's support surcharge rate payments paid and dedicated to the employment support fund in accordance with section
8-76-102.5 (3)(a)(IV)
.
(2)
(a)
(I)
(A)
Except as set forth in subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section and except as provided in subsection (2)(a)(I)(B) of this section, the state treasurer shall credit the money collected pursuant to this section to the employment support fund created in subsection (1) of this section.
(B)
To the extent allowed by the United States department of labor employment and training administration, the state treasurer shall credit nineteen percent of each employer's annual support surcharge rate determined pursuant to section
8-76-102.5 (3)(a)(IV)
to the benefit recovery fund, up to a maximum of fifteen million dollars each year.
(II)
(A)
At the end of the 2023-24 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer shall credit any money collected pursuant to this section that would cause the balance in the employment support fund to exceed seven million dollars, as adjusted annually for the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood or its successor index, excluding gifts, grants, or donations, to the employment and training technology fund created in subsection (2)(a.9)(II)(A) of this section. If the employment and training technology fund has reached the maximum allowable balance pursuant to subsection (2)(a.9)(II)(A) of this section, the treasurer shall instead credit the money to the workforce development fund created in section 8-83-107 (4).
(B)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
(C)
Any amount credited to the unemployment compensation fund pursuant to this subsection (2)(a)(II) is not included in the calculation of an employer's annual experience rate.
(III)
The general assembly shall appropriate the money in the employment support fund annually to the department of labor and employment:
(A)
To be used to offset funding deficits for program administration, including information technology initiatives, under the provisions of articles
70
to
83
of this title 8 and to further support programs to strengthen unemployment fund solvency; and
(B)
To fund labor standards, labor relations, and the Colorado works grievance procedure under the provisions of articles
1
to
6
,
9
,
10
,
12
, and
13
of this title 8 and section
26-2-716 (3)(b)
.
(a.5)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2181, § 1, effective June 3, 2003.)
(a.7) and (a.8)
Repealed.
(a.9)
(I)
Repealed.
(II)
(A)
The employment and training technology fund, referred to in this subsection (2)(a.9) as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (2) to the contrary, the state treasurer shall credit thirty-two percent of each employer's annual support surcharge rate under section
8-76-102.5 (3)(a)(IV)
to the employment and training technology fund. On and after April 27, 2021, and on or before June 30, 2023, if cumulative revenue to the employment and training technology fund equals thirty-one million dollars, less any money transferred to the unemployment compensation fund, no additional money shall be credited to the employment and training technology fund but instead shall be allocated to the unemployment compensation fund. On and after July 1, 2023, any amount collected in a fiscal year in excess of thirteen million two hundred thousand dollars under this subsection (2)(a.9)(II), as adjusted annually for the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood or its successor index, excluding gifts, grants, or donations, shall be credited to the fund and then credited to the unemployment compensation fund. Money in the fund shall be used for employment and training automation initiatives established by the director of the division. Money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the purposes of this subsection (2)(a.9) and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. The money in the fund is exempt from section
24-75-402
. At any time, the money in the employment and training technology fund may be appropriated by the general assembly to the unemployment compensation fund or allocated to the unemployment compensation fund at the discretion of the executive director of the department of labor and employment.
(B)
Repealed.
(C)
This subsection (2)(a.9) is repealed, effective June 30, 2031.
(b)
The unexpended and unobligated moneys in the employment support fund shall not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year, and any unobligated amounts remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be retained in the employment support fund for purposes of this subsection (2).
(c)
On and after July 1, 2001, moneys from the statewide indirect cost allocation agreement with the federal government may be used to supplement moneys in the employment support fund, in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this subsection (2).
(d)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 207, § 1, effective August 7, 2002.)
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 974, § 2, effective May 28, 1999.)
(4) and (5)
Repealed.
(6)
(a)
The portion of each employer's support surcharge rate that the employer paid and that is dedicated to the employment support fund pursuant to section 8-77-109 (1)(b), to the benefit recovery fund pursuant to section
8-73-116
, to the workforce development fund pursuant to section 8-83-107, and to the employment and training technology fund pursuant to subsection (2)(a.9)(II)(A) of this section:
(I)
Is not included in the calculation of the employer's annual experience rate and credit under the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act",
26 U.S.C. sec. 3301
et seq.; and
(II)
Must be immediately deposited, upon payment, into a separate account, unrelated to the unemployment compensation fund.
(b)
Any money transferred from the employment support fund, the benefit recovery fund, the workforce development fund, or the employment and training technology fund to the unemployment compensation fund pursuant to this section is not used in calculating the employer's experience rate or percent of excess for the standard premium rate schedule.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 318,§ 3, eff. 6/15/2024.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 141,§ 4, eff. 5/1/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 224, § 10, eff. 5/25/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 62, § 1, eff. 4/27/2021.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 296, § 8, eff. 7/14/2020.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 276, § 2, eff. 7/11/2020.
L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1766, § 7, effective June 8. L. 92: (3) amended, p. 1796, § 8, effective April 10. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 996, § 2, effective May 23; (4) repealed, p. 1229, § 47, effective August 7. L. 99: (1), (2), and (3) amended, p. 974, § 2, effective May 28. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 1218, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2002: (2)(a.5) added, p. 151, § 3, effective March 27; (2)(a)(II) and (2)(d) amended, p. 207, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2003: (2)(a.7) added, p. 455, § 5, effective March 5; (2)(b) amended, p. 1540, § 2, effective May 1; (2)(a)(II)(B), (2)(a.5), and (2)(c) amended, p. 2181, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2009: (2)(a.8) added, (SB 09-208), ch. 619, p. 619, § 4, effective April 20; (1) amended and (2)(a.9) added, (SB 09-076), ch. 2252, p. 2252, §§ 2, 3, effective July 1; (1) and (2)(a.9) amended, (HB 09-1363), ch. 1904, p. 1904, §§ 25, 26, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) and (2)(a.9) amended, (HB 11-1288), ch. 929, p. 929, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2012: IP(2)(a) and (2)(a)(I) amended, (HB 12 -1120), ch. 106, p. 106, § 18, effective June 1. L. 2012, 1st Ex. Sess.: (1)(a)(II), (1)(b)(I), and (2)(a.9)(I)(B) amended, (HB 12S-1002), ch. 2, p. 2429, § 13, effective June 1. L. 2020: (2)(a)(II)(C) added, (HB 20-1415), ch. 1356, p. 1356, § 2, effective July 11; (1)(b) amended and (2)(a.7) and (2)(a.8) repealed, (SB 20-207), ch. 1474, p. 1474, § 8, effective July 14.
(1) Amendments to subsection (1) by Senate Bill 09-076 and House Bill 09-1363 were harmonized.
(2) The effective date for amendments to this section by House Bill 12-1120 (chapter 27, Session Laws of Colorado 2012) was changed from August 8, 2012, to June 1, 2012, by House Bill 12S-1002 (First Extraordinary Session, chapter 2, p. 2432, Session Laws of Colorado 2012).
(3) Subsections (1)(a)(II) and (2)(a.9)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a.9)(I), effective December 31, 2012. (See L. 2012, p. 2429.)
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.