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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 154 shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the unemployment compensation fund. Such liability on the official bond shall be effective immediately upon the enactment of this provision, and such liability shall exist in addition to any liability upon any separate bond existent on the effective date of this provision, or which may be given in the future. All sums recovered for losses sustained by the fund shall be deposited therein. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-606, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-3-607. Requisitions from unemployment trust account. REQUISITIONS FROM UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST ACCOUNT. Moneys requisitioned from this state's account in the unemployment trust fund shall be used exclusively for the payment of benefits. The Commission shall, from time to time, requisition from the unemployment trust fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts standing to this state's account therein, as it deems necessary for the payment of such benefits for a reasonable future period. Upon receipt thereof such moneys shall be deposited in the benefit account. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-607, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-3-608. Expenditures not subject to specific appropriation requirements. EXPENDITURES NOT SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION REQUIREMENTS. (1) Expenditures of such moneys in the benefit account and refunds from the clearing account shall not be subject to any provisions of law requiring specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody. All warrants issued for the payment of benefits and refunds shall bear the signature of a representative of the Commission duly authorized for that purpose. (2) Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the unemployment trust fund which remains unclaimed or unpaid in the benefit account after the expiration of the period for which such sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the payment of, benefits during succeeding periods, or, in the discretion of the Commission, shall be redeposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, to the credit of this state's account in the unemployment trust fund. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-608, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-3-609. Discontinuance of unemployment trust fund. DISCONTINUANCE OF UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND. The provisions of this part to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund in the Treasury of the United States, shall be operative only so long as such unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of