S0250B0615A00625 SFR:NLG 03/31/17 #90 A00625
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 250
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE KAUFFMAN
Printer's No. 615
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service
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service
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service
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Section 2. Section 301.4(e)(2) of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
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SHALL" in line 4, all of line 5 and "(1) AND (3)" in line 6
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 7 and 8
(f) During calendar year 2017, the following shall apply to
funding transferred to the Service and Infrastructure
Improvement Fund and related matters regarding the fund:
(1) The department shall temporarily improve the operations
of the unemployment compensation system pending the General
Assembly's review of the information required by section
301.9(h) and (i) and a special performance audit conducted by
the Auditor General. Funding under this clause shall be
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allocated as follows:
(i) Ten million eight hundred thousand dollars ($10,800,000)
shall be allocated for personnel costs related to claims
processing and service to claimants.
(ii) Two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000)
shall be allocated for personnel costs related to tax services.
(iii) One million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000)
shall be allocated for personnel costs related to appeals under
Article V.
(iv) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may be
allocated for the purposes authorized under subclauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) or for personnel costs related to program integrity
and the detection and prevention of overpayments to claimants.
(2) Funding shall be expended in a manner that will result
in the operations of the unemployment compensation system
remaining at consistent levels for at least nine (9) calendar
months following the effective date of this clause.
(3) The department shall maintain a separate accounting for
the Service and Infrastructure Improvement Fund. The secretary
shall provide a report to the chair of the Labor and Industry
Committee of the Senate and the chair of the Labor and Industry
Committee of the House of Representatives before the fifteenth
day of each month during the period specified in clause (2). The
report shall include all of the following:
(i) An accounting of the Service and Infrastructure
Improvement Fund for the prior calendar month.
(ii) An update on operations of the unemployment
compensation system.
(iii) An accounting of total funds spent on the
administration of the unemployment compensation system for the
prior calendar month.
(iv) An update on the progress of the procurement of
technological upgrades to the delivery system for unemployment
compensation benefits.
Section 3. Section 301.9 of the act is amended to read:
Amend Bill, page 3, lines 25 through 27, by striking out the
comma in line 25, all of line 26 and "unemployment compensation
benefits," in line 27
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for calendar years beginning after 2017
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It is the intention of the General Assembly to separately
review a
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"BENEFITS"
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YEARS BEGINNING AFTER 2017" and inserting
The request shall be submitted with the report required by
subsection (h) and
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