Compendium of Budget Information for the 2012 General Session

Social Services
Appropriations Subcommittee

Function

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program was created federally 76 years ago as part of the Social Security Act of 1935. The program is operated by each state in coordination with the federal government. The Utah Department of Workforce Services operates this program for the State of Utah.

According to statute, the program collects employer contributions for deposit in a trust fund, determines eligibility, and pays weekly benefits from the trust fund to unemployed workers. Administrative costs are federally funded. The benefit portion of the program was previously not part of the budget, but was included in the FY 2010 appropriation to help make all expenditures more transparent.

In past years, the UI program was part of the main DWS line item. However, during the 2010 General Session, the Legislature created two separate line items for the Unemployment Insurance Program and UI Trust Fund. This line item contains the administrative piece of the program, whereas the UI Trust Fund line item contains solely the amount carried in the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund appropriated to pay benefits.

Statutory Authority

Authority to conduct the Unemployment Insurance Program in Utah is found in UCA 35A-4, Employment Security Act.

Intent Language

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for DWS Unemployment Insurance line item in Item 54 of Chapter 2 Laws of Utah 2010 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2011 up to $50,000 General Fund.

Funding Detail

Historical funding for the program combined the UI Trust in with administration. However, the budget table below shows detail only for the administrative side of the program. The separate line item for the UI Trust Fund details the amounts in the fund over the years.

For analysis of current budget requests and discussion of issues related to this budget click here.

Sources of Finance	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
General Fund	$575,600	$520,400	$449,000	$165,000	$164,400
Federal Funds	$14,824,800	$17,952,500	$19,945,700	$19,404,500	$22,060,800
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act	$0	$85,600	$209,500	$1,180,500	$4,357,000
Dedicated Credits Revenue	$309,100	$283,200	$372,300	$334,800	$272,900
GFR - Special Administrative Expense	$0	$233,100	$0	$123,900	$1,500,000
Transfers - Medicaid	$148,800	$156,800	$127,200	$104,100	$0
Transfers - Within Agency	$0	$0	$0	$0	$138,700
Lapsing Balance	$0	($6,000)	$0	$0	$0
Total	$15,858,300	$19,225,600	$21,103,700	$21,312,800	$28,493,800

Programs:	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Unemployment Insurance Administration	$13,417,900	$16,299,300	$17,614,000	$17,792,600	$28,493,800
Adjudication	$2,440,400	$2,926,300	$3,489,700	$3,520,200	$0
Total	$15,858,300	$19,225,600	$21,103,700	$21,312,800	$28,493,800

Categories of Expenditure	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Personnel Services	$14,001,800	$16,568,400	$18,195,200	$18,473,800	$21,069,000
In-state Travel	$43,800	$30,500	$27,000	$22,700	$47,300
Out-of-state Travel	$33,000	$21,600	$25,700	$24,000	$36,500
Current Expense	$1,655,900	$2,230,300	$2,585,700	$2,375,400	$2,543,800
DP Current Expense	$123,800	$147,700	$161,200	$345,500	$334,200
DP Capital Outlay	$0	$0	$108,900	$71,400	$106,000
Other Charges/Pass Thru	$0	$227,100	$0	$0	$4,357,000
Total	$15,858,300	$19,225,600	$21,103,700	$21,312,800	$28,493,800

Other Indicators	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Budgeted FTE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	303.8
Vehicles	0	0	1	0	1

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