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House Journal: Page 2093: Wednesday, May 1, 1996

 the department of employment services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
DIVISION OF JOB SERVICE
Notwithstanding section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraph "c", for
salaries, support, maintenance, conducting labor availability
surveys, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:  
	 $	  6,310,000
	 FTEs	     141.54
1.  The department of employment services shall provide services
throughout the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
June 30, 1997, in all communities in which workforce centers
were operating on July 1, 1993.  However, this provision shall
not prevent the consolidation of multiple offices within the
same city or the colocation of workforce centers with another
public agency.
2.  The division of industrial services shall not reduce the
number of scheduled hearings of contested cases or eliminate the
venue of such hearings, as established by the division for the
period beginning January 1, 1996, and ending January 20, 1997. 
The division shall also establish a substantially similar
schedule for such hearings for the period beginning January 20,
1997, and ending June 30, 1997.  The division shall report to
the legislative fiscal bureau concerning any modification of the
established schedule, or any changes which the division
determines are necessary in establishing the schedule for the
period beginning January 20, 1997, and ending June 30, 1997.
3.  The division shall continue charging a $65 filing fee for
workers' compensation cases.  The filing fee shall be paid by
the petitioner of a claim.  However, the fee can be taxed as a
cost and paid by the losing party, except in cases where it
would impose an undue hardship or be unjust under the
circumstances.
Sec. 12.  EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.  There is
appropriated from the special employment security contingency
fund to the department of employment services for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
purposes designated and subject to the requirement that the
appropriation to the division of labor services under this
section be fully funded from the special employment security
contingency fund prior to any amounts being used to fund the
appropriation made to the division of industrial services under
this section:
1.  DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:  
	 $	    296,000
2.  DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:  
	 $	    175,000
Any additional penalty and interest revenue may be used to
accomplish the mission of the department.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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