Miss. Code Ann. § 71-5-451

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Miss. Code Ann. § 71-5-451

Official statutory text

There is established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public monies or funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Fund, which shall be administered by the department exclusively for:

(a) All contributions collected under this chapter;

(b) Interest earned upon any monies in the fund;

(c) Any property or securities acquired through the use of monies belonging to the fund;

(d) All earnings of such property or securities;

(e) All monies credited to this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund pursuant to the Social Security Act, 42 USCS, Section 1104 ; and

(f) By way of reimbursement in accordance with Section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 711). All monies in the fund shall be mingled and undivided.

Status: in_force

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