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EXPLANATION: Requires additional revenue collected through taxable wage base contingency assessments be spent on Eligibility Review processes.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 67, DEPT. OF
EMPLOYMENT & WORKFORCE, page 439, after line 10, by adding
an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
(DEW: SUTA Contingency Assessment Funds) Of the funds
appropriated through the contingency assessment funds collected
on taxable wages paid by employers, any increased revenue
resulting from the taxable wage base increase, shall be spent on
enforcement of Section 41-35-110(3) and Section 41-35-120(5) of
the 1976 Code, via Eligibility Reviews, Random Verification of
Job Contacts and Wage Cross Matches during those weeks covered
by the South Carolina State Unemployment Tax Authority (SUTA),
and to ensure seated meetings with Unemployment Insurance
claimants and requiring that one of the four job search contacts
required per week be conducted through SC Works Online System
(SCWOS), so that it can be electronically verified. The agency
must also inform claimants in advance that Eligibility Reviews
and Random Verification of Job Contacts will be used by the
Department to verify compliance with laws administered by the
agency.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.