Establishing an employer wage assistance grant program to be administered by the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to subsidize wages and benefits for eligible jobs outside the metropolitan area to retain manufacturing jobs; specifying eligible employers and jobs; requiring and providing for commissioner operation of a grant application process and awarding of grants based on certain specified criteria, specifying certain grant limits; authorizing commissioner audits, examinations and inspections of books, records and facilities of employers to ensure the proper use of grant funds, requiring employer cooperation; requiring repayment of grants under certain unfilled jobs conditions for commissioner reuse
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