A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT relating to the employment security laws of north carolina and appropriating funds to the employment security commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Funds from the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund shall be available to the Employment Security Commission to use as collateral to secure federal funds and to pay the administrative costs associated with the collection of the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund surcharge. The total administrative costs paid with funds from the Reserve in the 2007‑2008 fiscal year shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
SECTION 1.(b)  There is appropriated from the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina the sum of seven million three hundred thousand dollars ($7,300,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to be used for the following purposes:
(1)	Seven million dollars ($7,000,000) for the operation and support of local offices.
(2)	Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee to develop and operate an interagency system to track former participants in State education and training programs.
(3)	One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to maintain compliance with Chapter 96 of the General Statutes, which directs the Commission to employ the Common Follow‑Up Management Information System to evaluate the effectiveness of the State's job training, education, and placement programs.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the Employment Security Commission Reserve Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina for fiscal year 2007‑2008 an amount not to exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to fund State initiatives not currently funded through federal grants.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.