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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-303" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Public employment office” means an employment office that does not charge a fee to provide services and is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>operated by the Department; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>maintained as part of a local, State, or federal system of employment offices.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Public employment office” includes a branch public employment office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The General Assembly accepts the provisions of the Wagner–Peyser Act for establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation in promotion of the system in conformity with § 4 of the Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Division of Workforce Development, established under § 11–102 of this article, is the unit of the State designated to carry out § 4 of the Wagner–Peyser Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary shall employ a staff for the Division of Workforce Development in accordance with § 8–304 of this subtitle and regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of Labor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>As necessary for administration of this title, the Division of Workforce Development shall establish and maintain public employment offices that do not charge a fee to individuals who seek employment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>To establish and maintain public employment offices, the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may enter into an agreement with the Railroad Retirement Board or any other federal unit that is responsible for administration of an unemployment insurance law, a political subdivision of the State, or any private nonprofit organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as part of the agreement, may accept money, services, or office space as a contribution to the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund that the State receives under the Wagner–Peyser Act is available to the Division of Workforce Development for use under this section in accordance with that Act.</text>
  </level>
</section>
