Title 28
Labor and Labor Relations

Chapter 42
Employment Security — General Provisions

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-78

§ 28-42-78. Establishment of employment security tardy account fund — Sources.

(a)(1) There is created as a restricted-receipt account within the general fund the employment security tardy account fund, to be administered by the director without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the fund. This fund shall consist of:

(i) All penalties received from employers and paid pursuant to §§ 28- 42-62 [repealed], 28-42-62.1, 28-42-63 [repealed], 28-42-64, and 28-42-65 — 28-42-67;

(ii) All other moneys paid into and received by the fund;

(iii) Property and securities acquired by and through the use of moneys belonging to the fund; and

(iv) Interest earned upon the moneys belonging to the fund.

(2) All moneys in the fund shall be mingled and undivided.

(b) All moneys received by the director for account of the employment security tardy account fund shall, upon receipt, be deposited by the director in a clearance account in a bank in this state and shall be exempt from the provisions of § 35-4-27.

History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 17, § 5; P.L. 1986, ch. 409, § 5; P.L. 1987, ch. 400, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 21, § 4; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 39; P.L. 2022, ch. 234, art. 1, § 20, effective December 31, 2022.