Section 1727-E. Department of Labor and Industry.
(a) Reed Act.--For the "Reed Act-Unemployment Insurance" and "Reed Act-Employment Services and Unemployment Insurance" appropriations, the total amount which may be obligated shall not exceed the limitations under section 903 of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 1103).
(b) Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety.--((b) repealed June 28, 2019, P.L.101, No.15)
(b.1) Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety.--
(1) (i) The Department of Labor and Industry shall waive the fees listed under section 613-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as the Administrative Code of 1929, for an applicant that is a school district, intermediate unit or area career and technical school.
(ii) The department, upon approval by the Governor, shall issue a refund to an applicant that paid a fee which is waived under subparagraph (i) after June 30, 2020, and requests a refund. A refund required under this subsection shall not be paid from the appropriations to the department for general government operations or for occupational and industrial safety, but shall be deemed a refund of a charge collected, but not legally due, and shall be paid otherwise from the general fund.
(iii) No later than September 1, 2022, and September 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Labor and Industry Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Labor and Industry Committee of the House of Representatives. The report shall include all of the following information:
(A) The number of applicants that received a waiver under this subsection during the prior fiscal year.
(B) The total amount of fees which were waived under this subsection during the prior fiscal year.
(2) (Reserved).
((b.1) added June 30, 2021, P.L.62, No.24)
(c) Reemployment Fund.--Up to $15,000,000 of the contributions on wages paid under section 301.4 of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, from July 1, 2018, through September 30, 2028, shall be deposited each year into the Reemployment Fund to the extent the contributions are paid on or before December 31, 2028. The department may deposit contributions in accordance with section 301.4(e)(2) of the Unemployment Compensation Law before depositing contributions in accordance with this subsection and section 301.4(e)(3) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. ((c) amended July 11, 2024, P.L.550, No.54)
(d) Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety.--
(1) From money collected by the Department of Labor and Industry under section 613-A(a) of the Administrative Code of 1929, the following amounts shall augment appropriations made to the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety in a general appropriation act:
(i) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, $1,500,000.
(ii) (Reserved).
(2) The amounts made available to augment the appropriations for the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to amounts made available under section 2219 of the Administrative Code of 1929.
((d) added July 12, 2026, P.L.265, No.21)
(1727-E amended June 22, 2018, P.L.281, No.42)
Compiler's Note: Section 26(2) of Act 24 of 2021 provided that the addition of subsection (b.1) shall apply to fees payable on or after June 30, 2020.