Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.607 - Labor and Industrial Relations

Deposit, transfer and expenditure of payments for program for employment and training of unemployed persons and persons employed in this State.

1. All payments collected pursuant to NRS 612.606 must be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund. At the end of each fiscal year, the State Controller shall transfer to the Clearing Account in the Unemployment Compensation Fund the amount by which the unencumbered balance of the money deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund pursuant to this subsection exceeds the amount of that money which the Legislature has authorized for expenditure during the first 90 days of the succeeding fiscal year.

2. Except for money transferred from the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator may only expend the money collected for the employment and training of unemployed persons and persons employed in this State to:

(a) Establish and administer an employment training program which must foster job creation, minimize unemployment costs of employers and meet the needs of employers for skilled workers by providing training to unemployed persons;

(b) Establish or provide support for job training programs in the public and private sectors for training, retraining or improving the skills of persons employed in this State; and

(c) Pay the costs of the collection of payments required pursuant to NRS 612.606.

3. The money used for the program for the employment and training of unemployed persons and persons employed in this State must supplement and not displace money available through existing employment training programs conducted by any employer or public agency and must not replace, parallel, supplant, compete with or duplicate in any way existing apprenticeship programs approved by the State Apprenticeship Council.

Last modified: February 25, 2006