1. No more than $1,020,765 of the reserve fund may be used to meet the operational needs of the Workers' Compensation Board in fiscal year 2002-03. This is a one-time authorization and does not apply to any ongoing use of the reserve fund for these purposes;

2. No more than $116,736 of the reserve fund may be used on technological improvement projects in accordance with a plan to be developed no later than January 1, 2003 by the Workers' Compensation Board in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services and interested parties. This is a one-time authorization and does not apply to any ongoing use of the reserve fund for technology;

3. No more than $200,000 of the reserve fund may be used to allow the board to continue to contract for temporary worker advocate and clerical support services for the worker advocate activity in the regional offices. This is a one-time authorization and does not apply to any ongoing use of the reserve fund for these purposes; and

4. No more than $4,249 of the reserve fund may be used to fund the costs of approved collective bargaining.

In addition to the amounts in subsections 1 to 4, the Workers' Compensation Board may spend up to an additional $258,250 of the reserve fund by financial order upon recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor if revenue from other sources falls short of projections; and be it further

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

WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD

Administration - Workers' Compensation Board

Initiative: Provides one-time funds in fiscal year 2002-03 from the reserve in the Workers' Compensation Board Administrative Fund to meet the operational requirements of the Workers' Compensation Board. This one-time authorization does not apply to any ongoing use of the reserve for these purposes.