1. Duties of division. The division of job service shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for co-operation with the states in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933, as amended, and known as the Wagner-Peyser Act [48 Stat. L. 113; 29 USC § 49]. All duties and powers conferred upon any other department, agency, or officer of this state relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of free employment offices shall be vested in the division. The provisions of the said Act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted by this state, in conformity with section 4 of said Act, and this state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The division is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of said Wagner-Peyser Act. The division may co-operate with the railroad retirement board with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and use of employment service facilities. The railroad retirement board shall compensate the division for such services or facilities in the amount determined by the division to be fair and reasonable.
2. Financing. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the division of job service is authorized to enter into agreements with the railroad retirement board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an employment security law, with any political subdivision of this state, or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of any such agreement the division may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment security administration fund.
[C39, § 1551.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 96.12]
Referred to in § 96.13, 239.2
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