2007 Minnesota Statutes

268.196 ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT.
    Subdivision 1. Administration account. (a) There is created in the state treasury a special
account to be known as the administration account. All money that is deposited or paid into
this account is continuously available to the commissioner for expenditure to administer the
Minnesota unemployment insurance program, and does not lapse at any time. The administration
account consists of:
    (1) all money received from the federal government to administer the Minnesota
unemployment insurance program;
    (2) five percent of any money recovered on overpaid unemployment benefits as provided for
in section 268.194, subdivision 1, clause (7), which must be used for deterring, detecting, and
collecting overpaid unemployment benefits;
    (3) any money received as compensation for services or facilities supplied to the federal
government or any other state;
    (4) any amounts received for losses sustained by this account or by reason of damage to
equipment or supplies; and
    (5) any proceeds from the sale or disposition of any equipment or supplies that may no
longer be necessary for the proper administration of those sections.
    (b) All money in this account must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same
manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for the other
special accounts in the state treasury. The commissioner of finance, as treasurer and custodian of
this account, is liable for the faithful performance of duties in connection with this account.
    (c) All money in this account must be spent for the purposes and in the amounts found
necessary by the United States Secretary of Labor for the proper and efficient administration of
the Minnesota unemployment insurance program.
    Subd. 2. State to replace money wrongfully used. If any money received under United
States Code, title 42, section 501 of the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act, is found by
the United States Secretary of Labor to have been spent for purposes other than, or in amounts
in excess of, those necessary for the proper administration of the Minnesota unemployment
insurance program, the commissioner may replace the money from the contingent account. If the
money is not replaced from the contingent account, it is the policy of this state that the money
be replaced by money appropriated for that purpose from the general funds of this state. If not
replaced from the contingent account, the commissioner shall, at the earliest opportunity, submit
to the legislature a request for the appropriation of that amount.
    Subd. 3. Contingent account. (a) There is created in the state treasury a special account, to
be known as the contingent account, that does not lapse nor revert to any other fund or account.
This account consists of all money appropriated by the legislature, all money collected under this
chapter that is required to be placed in this account, and any interest earned on the account. All
money in this account is supplemental to all federal money available to the commissioner. Money
in this account is appropriated to the commissioner and is available to the commissioner for
administration of the Minnesota unemployment insurance program.
    (b) All money in this account must be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same
manner and under the same conditions and requirements as is provided by law for the other
special accounts in the state treasury. On June 30 of each year, all amounts in excess of $300,000
in this account must be paid over to the trust fund.
    Subd. 4. Unemployment insurance benefits telephone system. The commissioner must
ensure that the telephone system used for unemployment insurance benefits provides an option for
any caller to speak to an unemployment insurance specialist. An individual who calls any of the
publicized telephone numbers seeking information about applying for benefits or on the status
of a claim must have the option to speak on the telephone to a specialist who can provide direct
assistance or can direct the caller to the person or office that is able to respond to the caller's needs.
History: Ex1936 c 2 s 13; 1941 c 554 s 12; 1945 c 376 s 12; 1953 c 97 s 16; 1957 c 883 s
8-10; 1963 c 721 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 46; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1969 c 567 s 3; 1973 c 254 s 3; 1973 c
492 s 14; 1973 c 720 s 73 subd 1; 1974 c 497 s 1; 1975 c 302 s 2; 1Sp1982 c 1 s 33; 1983 c 216
art 1 s 87; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 362 s 25; 1987 c 385 s 27; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 488 s
8; 1996 c 417 s 31; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 106; 1997 c 66 s 79,80; 1998 c 265 s 43; 1999 c 107 s
61,66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2001 c 175 s 52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2007 c 128
art 1 s 21; art 3 s 23; 2007 c 135 art 2 s 26