Title 45, Chapter 9, Section 110
( 45-9-110)
(a) The commissioner of administrative services shall have the
authority to consolidate the processing of and response to
unemployment compensation claims being performed on July 1, 1985, by
each individual agency, department, board, bureau, commission, and
authority of the state along with the payment to the Department of
Labor of this state of all moneys due and owing as a result of paid
unemployment compensation claims and shall bill each department,
agency, board, bureau, commission, or authority of the state for
claims paid and for the reasonable cost of administering the
program. (b) The commissioner may retain all moneys paid to the Department of
Administrative Services in response to such billings, all moneys
received as interest, and all moneys received from other sources to
set up and maintain a reserve fund for the purpose of making
payments to the Department of Labor of this state and defraying the
expenses necessary to administer the program. The commissioner
shall invest any such moneys in the same manner as other moneys in
his possession. (c) The commissioner is authorized, in his discretion, to contract
for any or all of the services necessary to carry out the functions
enumerated in this article. (d) The commissioner of administrative services shall have the
authority to provide unemployment compensation benefits insurance to
all of the county departments of health, county departments of
family and children services, and community service boards. The
commissioner of human resources shall establish a procedure to
provide the Department of Administrative Services all of the
underwriting information required, including but not limited to
payroll data each quarter for the service centers, and shall collect
the unemployment premium from such boards and departments and remit
the premium to the Department of Administrative Services. All of
the county departments of health, county departments of family and
children services, and community service boards shall participate in
such unemployment compensation benefit insurance program. | 
