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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-421" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Funds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Special Administrative Expense Fund shall consist of money appropriated in the State budget from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fines, interest, and other penalties collected under this title and paid from the clearing account under § 8–404(c) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>money transferred from the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund under § 8–422 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any voluntary contribution to the Special Administrative Expense Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>administrative fee payments deposited into the Special Administrative Expense Fund in accordance with § 8–605.1 of this title and any associated fines, penalties, and interest established by regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision in this Part III of this subtitle, the Special Administrative Expense Fund may be used as a revolving account to cover costs that are proper under the law for which federal money is requested but not yet received, if the costs are charged against the federal money when received.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall use the Special Administrative Expense Fund for reimbursement of interest on contributions that is collected erroneously;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall use the Special Administrative Expense Fund to pay for costs of administration that are found to have been improperly charged against federal money credited to the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may use the Special Administrative Expense Fund:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for replacement within a reasonable time of any money that the State receives under § 302 of the Social Security Act and that because of an action or contingency has been lost or has been used for purposes other than or in amounts exceeding those necessary for proper administration of this title;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for administrative expenses of the Division of Unemployment Insurance, and except as otherwise provided in this title, the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, in accordance with subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>to collect and administer the administrative fee established under § 8–605.1 of this title.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary may use the Special Administrative Expense Fund for administrative expenses necessary to administer this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Administrative expenses include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>expenses related to the acquisition of office space required for effective administration of this title, subject to approval by the Board of Public Works;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>costs for furnishing, maintenance, repair, improvement, and enhancement of office space;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the purchase, leasing, and maintenance of information technology systems, including equipment, programs, and services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the purchase, leasing, and maintenance of telecommunications systems, services, and equipment including connectivity costs and ongoing usage costs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>other administrative costs that the Secretary determines are necessary to administer solely the provisions of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Special Administrative Expense Fund may not be used in a manner that would result in a loss of federal money that, in the absence of money from the Special Administrative Expense Fund, would be available to pay for administrative costs of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall implement cost allocation plans as necessary under this Part III of this subtitle to comply with all applicable State and federal law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
