Nonliability of state

Benefits shall be deemed to be due and payable under the Unemployment Compensation Law only to the extent provided in that act and to the extent that money is available therefor to the credit of the unemployment compensation fund, and neither the state nor the department shall be liable for any amount in excess of such sums. History: 1936 (S.S.), ch. 1, § 18; 1941 Comp., § 57-821; 1953 Comp., § 59-9-21; Laws 1979, ch. 280, § 43.