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Committee approves DWD modernization bill, creates modernization fund and adjusts fees
Summary
Senate Bill 371 passed the committee after discussion about the unemployment trust fund, creation of a modernization fund, higher processing fees for employer-record requests and capped bank subpoena fees, and allowances for department waivers in reemployment program rules; the bill passed out of committee 23‑0.
Senator Rogers presented Senate Bill 371 on behalf of the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), describing measures intended to update operations and reduce administrative burdens. “This legislation increases the fee for processing records related to an individual's last known employer,” she said, and “allows the creation of the unemployment insurance modernization fund.”
Key provisions discussed include an increase in a records-processing fee from $2 to $6, a cap of an additional $30 that banks may charge when compelled to produce subpoenaed records, and the creation of a modernization fund for unemployment insurance systems. Money in…
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