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69th Legislature 2025                                                                                              LC0272.1
                                     _____________ BILL NO. _____________
                   INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________
                           BY REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
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  A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
  COUNTERSIGNATURE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY ON
  WARRANTS FOR PAYMENT FROM THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND; AMENDING SECTION 39-51-
  406, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 39-51-405, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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          Section 1. Section 39-51-406, MCA, is amended to read:
          "39-51-406.    Unemployment insurance administration account. (1) There is an account in the
  federal special revenue fund to be known as the unemployment insurance administration account. All money
  that is deposited, appropriated, or paid into this account is available for appropriation to the department. All
  money in the account must be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the costs of administration of this
  chapter and costs of administration of other legislation specifically delegated by the legislature to the
  department for administration of unemployment insurance laws.
          (2)      All money received and deposited in the account from the United States or any agency of the
  United States pursuant to section 302 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 502, must be expended solely for
  the purpose and in the amounts found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper and efficient
  administration of this chapter.
          (3)      The account consists of:
          (a)      all money received from the United States or any agency of the United States pursuant to
  section 302 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 502, as amended; and
          (b)      all money, trust funds, supplies, facilities, or services furnished, deposited, paid, and received
  from the United States or any agency of the United States that are designated for use in the administration of
  the unemployment insurance program.
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69th Legislature 2025                                                                                            LC0272.1
          (4)      Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, all money requisitioned and deposited in this
  account pursuant to 39-51-403 through 39-51-405 39-51-404 must remain part of the unemployment insurance
  fund and must be used only in accordance with the conditions specified in 39-51-403 through 39-51-405 39-51-
  404.
          (5)      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 other accounts. The balance in this
  account may not lapse at any time but must be continuously available to the department for expenditure
  consistent with this chapter.
          (6)      Any reference to the unemployment insurance administration fund in this code means the
  unemployment insurance administration account in the federal special revenue fund."
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          NEW SECTION. Section 2. Repealer. The following section of the Montana Code Annotated is
  repealed:
  39-51-405.       Signatures required on warrants.
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          NEW SECTION. Section 3.        Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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Statutes affected: 
LC Text: 39-51-406