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Panel backs removing second signature on unemployment-insurance checks to speed processing
Summary
House Bill 54 would eliminate the requirement that unemployment-insurance warrant checks bear both the state treasurer’s and the Department of Labor and Industry commissioner’s signatures; agency witnesses said the change would reduce administrative delays and work, noting the department issued 7,448 checks last week (731 manual).
Representative Gary Perry opened House Bill 54, which would remove the statutory requirement that unemployment-insurance warrant checks have a signature from both the state treasurer and the commissioner of labor and industry. Misty Ann Giles, Director of the Department of…
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