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AUTHORIZING THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION TO EXPEND UP TO EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS OF THE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE UNDER SECTION 903 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, TO ERECT AND FURNISH A BUILDING FOR USE BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TO FURNISH AND UPGRADE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES FOR THE GAFFNEY AND UNION WORKFORCE CENTERS, TO EXPAND THE LANCASTER WORKFORCE CENTER, TO IMPROVE THE SENECA WORKFORCE CENTER PARKING LOT, TO DEVELOP AUTOMATED PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES PROGRAM AND THE DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS, AND TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) There is hereby appropriated up to eight million dollars out of funds made available to the State under Section 903 of the United States Social Security Act, to be used at the direction of the Employment Security Commission to:
(1) erect and furnish a building for the use of the Employment Security Commission in Spartanburg County and for improvements, paving, fixed equipment, and landscaping as may be required for its use and operation;
(2) furnish and upgrade information technology for the Gaffney and Union Workforce Centers;
(3) expand the Lancaster Workforce Center;
(4) improve the Seneca Workforce Center parking lot;
(5) develop automated payment systems for the Trade Readjustment Allowances program and for the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program;
(6) provide computer and information technology upgrades for the Employment and Training and the Administrative divisions; and
(7) provide administrative funding for the Unemployment Compensation program to replace cuts in federal funding.
(B) No part of the money appropriated in this section may be obligated after the expiration of the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this joint resolution.
(C) The amount obligated pursuant to this section shall not exceed at any time the amount by which the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the accounts of the State pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act exceeds the aggregate of the amounts obligated for administration, and paid out for administration and benefits, and required by law to be charged against the amounts transferred to the account of this State.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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