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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 27-6 New employees to be Baltimore City residents.">
  <section prefix="§" num="27-6" heading="New employees to be Baltimore City residents.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">At least 51% of the new jobs required to complete the contract or project must be filled by Baltimore City residents.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exceptions.">MOED may waive or lower the requirement of subsection (a) of this section if it finds that:<para num="(1)">a good faith effort to comply has been made by the beneficiary;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the beneficiary is located outside the Baltimore Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and none of the contract work is performed inside the Baltimore Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the beneficiary has entered into a satisfactory special workforce development training or placement arrangement with MOED; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">there are insufficient numbers of Baltimore City residents in the labor market who possess the skills required by the new jobs needed to be filled for the contract or project.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-142</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
