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JFAC debates unemployment-insurance operations funding; initial addition fails but accounting correction passes
Summary
Committee questioned whether to add dedicated funds for Department of Labor unemployment-insurance operations. A motion to add $7.33 million failed in roll call; later, the committee approved technical accounting transfers to correct fund balances for prior fiscal years.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee spent time Friday discussing the Department of Labor's request for additional dedicated funding to support unemployment-insurance operations and IT replacement items. Members focused on staffing (full-time positions), the sources of dedicated funding, and the effect of low unemployment on operation revenue streams.
Representative Handy (motion maker) described the $7.33 million request as funding drawn from the unemployment-security administration fund interest earnings and said the department relies on those dedicated…
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