2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 — Labor and worker's compensation
RS 23:1776 — Charging of benefits

§1776. Charging of benefits

A. Amounts paid out as benefits and administrative costs shall not exceed the amount appropriated per fiscal year by the legislature from the state's general appropriations budget plus any federal funds; donations, gifts, or grants; and any other monies which may be provided by law for the purpose of paying benefits under this Part.

B. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this account at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the account and shall not adversely affect the amount to be appropriated annually.

C. In any subsequent year in which an unexpended and unencumbered portion of the amount appropriated from the previous year remains in the account, the amounts paid out as benefits and administrative costs shall not exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars plus any federal funds; donations, gifts, or grants; and any other monies which may be provided by law for the purpose of paying benefits under this Part.

D. In any fiscal year in which the amounts paid out as benefits and the administrative costs exceed the monies available, the administrator shall cease to grant benefits during the remainder of that fiscal year.

E. Amounts paid out as benefits under this Part shall be charged only to the account and shall not be charged to the experience-rating account of an employer or to the Unemployment Compensation Fund. These benefits shall be paid from the state's general appropriations budget plus any federal funds; donations, gifts, or grants; and any other monies which may be provided by law for the purpose of paying benefits under this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 421, §1.

NOTE: Acts 2007, No. 421, §2 provides that the provisions of the Act cease to be effective on July 1, 2010.