1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.198 Free employment offices. 

    Subdivision 1.    Acceptance of federal act.  A state 
 employment service is hereby established in the department.  The 
 commissioner shall establish and maintain free public employment 
 offices, in that number and in those places as may be necessary 
 for the purpose of performing the functions within the purview 
 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, United States Code, title 29, chapter 
 4B. 

    Subd. 2.    Financing.  All moneys received by this 
 state under such act of Congress referred to in subdivision 1 
 shall be paid into the economic security administration fund, 
 and expended solely for the maintenance of state public 
 employment offices.  For the purpose of establishing and 
 maintaining free public employment offices and promoting the use 
 of their facilities, the commissioner is authorized to enter 
 into agreements with the railroad retirement board or any other 
 agency of the United States or of this or any other state 
 charged with the administration of any law whose purposes are 
 reasonably related to the purposes of sections 268.03 to 268.23. 

    Subd. 3.    Veterans representatives.  As may be 
 determined by the commissioner, based on a demonstrated need for 
 the service, there shall be assigned by the commissioner to the 
 staff of each full functioning employment service office a 
 veterans employment representative whose activities shall be 
 devoted to discharging the duties prescribed of a veterans 
 employment representative.  The position of veterans employment 
 representative shall be filled by one or more employees of the 
 department of economic security who are veterans as defined in 
 section 197.447. 

    HIST: Ex1936 c 2 s 12; 1937 c 306 s 9; 1939 c 443 s 11; 1941 c 
 554 s 11; 1945 c 376 s 11; 1949 c 605 s 11; 1969 c 567 s 3; 1973 
 c 254 s 3; 1977 c 151 s 1; 1977 c 430 s 25 subd 1; 1980 c 350 s 
 1; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 87; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1989 c 209 
 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1996 c 417 s 31; 1997 c 66 s 65,79