CHAPTER 63

S.P. 39 - L.D. 116

Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor, Bureau of

Unemployment Compensation To Provide Access to a Toll-free

Telephone Number

Sec. 1. Toll-free telephone line. Resolved: That the Department of Labor, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation shall provide a toll-free telephone line to provide information regarding filing for, or receipt of, unemployment benefits and to enable persons to submit applications to the bureau for those benefits. This requirement applies only if, and to the extent that, funds are allocated by law from distributions made to the State under section 903(d) of the federal Social Security Act on March 13, 2002, the so-called Reed Act Distribution of 2002; and be it further

Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF

Employment Security Services 0245

Initiative: Allocates funds for the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation to provide access to a toll-free telephone line to provide information and to file for unemployment benefits.

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $310,277 $413,702

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Federal Expenditures Fund Total $310,277 $413,702