§ 256.89 — Fund Deposited in State Treasury
Plain-Language Summary
The social welfare fund must be deposited in the state treasury as a separate fund, managed by the commissioners of human services and children, youth, and families. Local agencies may deposit portions in FDIC-insured banks up to the insured limit.
256.89 FUND DEPOSITED IN STATE TREASURY.
The social welfare fund and all accretions thereto shall be deposited in the state treasury, as a separate and distinct fund, to the credit of the commissioner of human services; the commissioner of children, youth, and families; and the Direct Care and Treatment executive board as trustees for their respective beneficiaries in proportion to the beneficiaries’ several interests. The commissioner of management and budget shall be responsible only to the commissioner of human services; the commissioner of children, youth, and families; and the Direct Care and Treatment executive board for the sum total of the fund, and shall have no duties nor direct obligations toward the beneficiaries thereof individually. Subject to the applicable rules of the commissioner of human services; the commissioner of children, youth, and families; or the Direct Care and Treatment executive board, money so received by a local social services agency may be deposited by the executive secretary of the local social services agency in a local bank carrying federal deposit insurance, designated by the local social services agency for this purpose. The amount of such deposit in each such bank at any one time shall not exceed the amount protected by federal deposit insurance.
History:
(4463) 1923 c 106 s 2; 1939 c 8 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2024 c 125 art 5 s 26; 2024 c 127 art 50 s 26; 2025 c 21 s 46
History: History: (4463) 1923 c 106 s 2; 1939 c 8 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2024 c 125 art 5 s 26; 2024 c 127 art 50 s 26; 2025 c 21 s 46