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EXPLANATION: DEW accountability and transparency
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 67, DEPT. OF
EMPLOYMENT & WORKFORCE, page 439, after line 11, by adding
an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (DEW: Transparency of Funding Appropriation) In order
to promote accountability and transparency, the Department of
Employment and Workforce must provide and release to the public
via the agency's website, a report of all aggregate amounts of
taxes, fees and payments that were charged, collected and paid
by that state agency in the prior fiscal year. The report shall
include, but not be limited to: (1) SUTA taxes collected per
Tier; (2) unemployment benefit claims paid; (3) how many
unemployment claims were made in error; (4) loan repayments made
to the federal government; and (5) the amount of funds left in
the agency's account at the end of the fiscal year. The report
must be posted online by September first of the current fiscal
year. Additionally, the report must be delivered to the Chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee by September first. Funds appropriated
to and/or authorized for use by the department shall be used to
accomplish this directive. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.