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EXPLANATION: Provides DEW with flexibility to fund administrative and operating costs for UI centers.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 83,
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE, page 445, after line 7,
by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(DEW: Local Offices) Of the funds appropriated to or
authorized for the Department of Employment and Workforce within
the Unemployment Insurance division, the department is given
flexibility to use funds from available areas to maintain
funding for the administrative and operating costs of
Unemployment Insurance centers in each county. The department
shall use up to $1,500,000 to provide all counties affected by
the February 2013 regionalization of unemployment services with
a functioning Unemployment Insurance center for claimants in
every county to assist with both unemployment insurance claims
and reemployment training. These centers may share office space
with other state or local government agencies. The department
shall make known to the public the location and regular
operating hours of the centers for each county./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.