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Committee backs Labor and Human Rights budget, approves funding request as amended
Summary
The House appropriations subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 1007, approving a package that includes funding to restore an unfunded investigator FTE and other payroll items after testimony from the interim commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights.
Zach Greenberg, interim commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights, told the House Appropriations — Government Operations Division that his agency seeks full funding for 13 full-time equivalents and a biennial appropriation of $3,687,922 to reduce a backlog of cases.
Greenberg said the department operates on a mix of state general funds and two federal contracts — one with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and one with the Department of Housing and Urban Development — and that HUD reimbursements are paid after work is completed, which leaves the department operating on general funds until federal reimbursements arrive. "I respectfully request the committee support for the statutory duties assigned to the department by the legislature…
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