SB 3023 — Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.

3023 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 20232023..................................$ ...............................................$ 1,400,000.00.

The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, or its successor, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by said department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023.........$ 160,390,485.00.165,676,036.00.

3023 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 22/SS15/A67122/SS26/A671SG PAGE 1 (jmr\ki) AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:HEADCOUNT:

Full479 Time.............Time-Limited:

339135 PartWith Time.............the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2024 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2023 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2023 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

95The Time-Limited:Legislature shall determine the agency's personal services appropriation, which shall be published by the State Personnel Board.

Full Time.............

50 Part Time.............

130 With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency’s responsibility to make certain that funds required for “Personal Services” for Fiscal Year 2024 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2023 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

The Legislature shall determine the agency’s personal services appropriation, which shall be published by the State Personnel Board.

If the agency’sagency's Fiscal Year 2023 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no salary actions shall be processed by the State Personnel Board with the exception of new hires that are determined to be essential for the agency.

The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written S.approval from the Department of Finance and Administration.

The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written S.

3023 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 22/SS15/A67122/SS26/A671SG PAGE 2(jmr\ki)2 approval fromto theescalate Departmentany funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of Financeavailability andof Administration.new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service’sService's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

It shall be the agency’sagency's responsibility to ensure that the funds are used to increase all employees’employees' salaries up to the minimum level as determined by the State Personnel Board.

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2,2 of this act, the following sum shall be derived from money in the Unemployment Trust Fund, made available to this state under Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 USCA Section 1103), to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to be deposited in the Employment Security Administration S.Fund and used by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security for the following purposes:

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3023 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 22/SS15/A67122/SS26/A671SG PAGE 3(jmr\ki)3 Fund(a) andPayment usedof byvarious One-Stop Administration expenses that support the Mississippiservice Departmentdelivery of Employmentemployment Securityand forworkforce theinformation followingservices. purposes:

(a) Payment of various One-Stop Administration expenses that support the service delivery of employment and workforce information services.

(vii) Access Improvement costs for individuals with disabilities, including remodeling or retrofitting One-Stop S.Career Centers and purchasing appropriate software, hardware, furniture and supplies.

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(b) Administration of the Unemployment Compensation (UC) law and its public employment service (ES) offices.

The funds in this section are authorized for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023......2023...................................$ 33,047,000.00.

................................................$The 33,047,000.00.funds authorized in this section shall be requisitioned by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security from the Unemployment Trust Fund maintained by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States as needed for the payment of obligations incurred under this appropriation, and such monies shall be deposited in the Employment Security Administration Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 71-5-457, Mississippi Code of 1972.

The funds authorized in this section shall be requisitioned by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security from the Unemployment Trust Fund maintained by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States as needed for the payment of obligations incurred under this appropriation, and such monies shall be deposited in the Employment Security Administration Fund S.

3023 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 22/SS15/A67122/SS26/A671SG PAGE 5(jmr\ki)5 inSECTION accordance5. with the provisions of Section 71-5-457, Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 5.

Of the funds appropriated in Section 2,2 of this act, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security is authorized to expend up to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the State Workforce Investment Funds for the State Workforce Investment Board, collected pursuant to Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code of 1972.

Of the funds appropriated in this act, a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) is made available for Pathways2Possibilities from the StateMississippi WorkforceWorks InvestmentFund Fundscollected collected.pursuant to Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code of 1972.

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2,2 of this act, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security is authorized to expend up to Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) from the Mississippi Works Fund collected pursuant to Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code of 1972.

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Of the funds appropriated in Section 1,1 of this act, an amount not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000.00) is authorized for the Mississippi Integrated Education and Workforce State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS).

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2022.

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