House Journal: Page 1050: Wednesday, April 9, 2003
22 the federal Social Security Act, as amended, to the
23 department of workforce development, the following
24 amount, for purposes of automation and technology for
25 the unemployment tax and claim system:
26 $ 20,000,000
27 Sec. . ENHANCED SERVICES TO CLAIMANTS. There
28 is appropriated from moneys transferred to the state
29 on March 13, 2002, pursuant to section 903(d) of the
30 federal Social Security Act, as amended, to the
31 department of workforce development, the following
32 amount, for purposes of infrastructure improvements
33 and the administrative and technology costs associated
34 with enhanced services to unemployment benefit
35 claimants for workforce and labor exchange services:
36 $ 20,700,000"
37 2. Page 12, by inserting after line 25 the
38 following:
39 "Sec. . Section 96.4, subsection 4, unnumbered
40 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
41 The individual has been paid wages for insured work
42 during the individual's base period in an amount at
43 least one and one-quarter times the wages paid to the
44 individual during that quarter of the individual's
45 base period in which the individual's wages were
46 highest except for unemployment benefit claims with an
47 effective date of July 7, 2003, through June 30, 2007;
48 provided that the individual has been paid wages for
49 insured work totaling at least three and five-tenths
50 percent of the statewide average annual wage for
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1 insured work, computed for the preceding calendar year
2 if the individual's benefit year begins on or after
3 the first full week in July and computed for the
4 second preceding calendar year if the individual's
5 benefit year begins before the first full week in
6 July, in that calendar quarter in the individual's
7 base period in which the individual's wages were
8 highest, and the individual has been paid wages for
9 insured work totaling at least one-half of the amount
10 of wages required under this subsection in the
11 calendar quarter of the base period in which the
12 individual's wages were highest, in a calendar quarter
13 in the individual's base period other than the
14 calendar quarter in which the individual's wages were
15 highest. The calendar quarter wage requirements shall
16 be rounded to the nearest multiple of ten dollars."
17 3. Page 12, by inserting after line 25 the
18 following:
19 "Sec. 501. Section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraph
20 a, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:

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