Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 376-H.F.No. 1621 
           An act relating to unemployment compensation; 
          appropriating federal money received for unemployment 
          compensation administration. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION OF REED ACT MONEY.] 
    $2,000,000 of federal money obtained by the state under 
United States Code, title 42, section 1103, is appropriated from 
the unemployment compensation fund to the commissioner of jobs 
and training, to be available until two years after the 
effective date of this act for use as follows: 
    (a) $200,000 is for the necessary computer systems and 
program facilities for a common job service and unemployment 
insurance data entry and application process that allows 
individuals applying for unemployment insurance and job service 
assistance to complete a single application. 
    (b) $199,000 is for personnel, equipment, and systems costs 
of a one-year pilot project for the start-up and demonstration 
phase of the job service resume system, which is a joint venture 
with five other states. 
    (c) $45,000 is to remodel the job service office in St. 
Cloud. 
    (d) $55,000 is for specialized employee training, including 
training in career redirection for employees reassigned, 
relocated, or laid off as a result of budget reductions. 
    (e) $25,000 is for a statewide work session for job service 
and unemployment insurance managers that covers the department 
of jobs and training's mission and strategic goals, and the 
redirection of programs. 
    (f) $15,000 is to provide support for the department of 
jobs and training's job service employer committees. 
    (g) $109,500 is to replace obsolete equipment. 
    (h) $550,000 is to provide marketing tools and marketing 
programs, including broadcast television, cable television, 
radio, interactive video, two-way computer networks, and 
programming for distribution by cable and satellite, that are 
necessary to facilitate the implementation of new employment and 
training programs. 
    (i) $70,500 is to acquire video equipment and test match 
devices for group intake and statewide application of test match.
    (j) $731,000 is to upgrade the department of jobs and 
training's main computer facility. 
    (k) The amount that may be obligated during a fiscal year 
is limited as required by United States Code, title 42, section 
1103(c)(2)(D). 
    Sec. 2.  [CONTINGENCY.] 
    If the full $2,000,000 appropriated in section 1 is not 
available out of federal money, the appropriations are 
proportionately reduced as necessary to remain within the amount 
of available federal money.  In the event that funds for the 
upgrade of the facilities in section 1, paragraph (j), become 
available through passage of other legislation, $731,000 is 
available for a job search and self-assessment unemployment 
insurance eligibility system. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved June 2, 1987