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This Concurrent Resolution urges the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to create a special list, or registry, for creative artist gig workers, which are defined as individuals who make art in any form and are paid for each piece, project, or event. The goal of this registry is to help these artists, who often work as independent contractors and may not have a traditional work history, qualify for unemployment benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide financial relief to workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution suggests that these artists can use their general excise tax license and related tax documents to prove their eligibility for these benefits, and it also requests the Department of Taxation to work with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to set up this registry.