Upon receipt thereof, the secretary shall deposit the moneys requisitioned for the payment of benefits in the benefit account and shall issue warrants or checks for the payment of benefits solely from the benefit account. The secretary shall deposit the moneys requisitioned for the payment of refunds in the clearing account and shall issue checks for the payment of refunds solely from the clearing account.
Expenditures from the benefit account and refunds from the clearing account are not subject to any provisions of law requiring specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody.