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Committee hears HB54 to remove commissioner signature from manual unemployment checks
Summary
House Bill 54 would remove the Department of Labor and Industry commissioner's signature requirement from manually issued unemployment warrants and checks; sponsor and agency witnesses said the change reduces unnecessary work and conforms with federal guidance.
Representative Gary Perry introduced House Bill 54 to the Senate State Administration Committee, saying the measure would eliminate an outdated requirement in Montana Code Annotated that the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry also sign manually issued unemployment insurance checks. "This will really eliminate a lot of extra effort and cost and still gets the job done the way it needs to," Perry said, describing the signature…
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