Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator O'Scanlon
SYNOPSIS
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act allocating $200 million to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Out of the amounts of federal government assistance provided to this State with regard to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic which may be available to improve the unemployment insurance program, $200 million shall be allocated to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for information technology upgrades in the Division of Unemployment Insurance.
In the event that federal funds are partially or fully unavailable, the funds shall then be allocated from the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund" for the purpose of funding capital construction projects, pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.125,
b. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. )(pending before the Legislature as this bill), the department shall submit, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature an implementation plan to effectuate the provisions of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allocates $200 million in available federal assistance to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. In the event that federal funds are insufficient, the money is to be allocated from the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund" for the purpose of funding capital construction projects. The money shall be spent in efforts to improve the unemployment insurance (UI) program following the unprecedented spike in UI benefit claims filings caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Under the bill, the department is required to submit to the Legislature an implementation plan to effectuate the provisions of this bill.