151B.285 Administration and supervision of state employment offices -- Duties of cabinet.
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employment offices and perform any other duties within the Act of Congress entitled "An
Act to provide for the establishment of a National Employment Service and for
Cooperation with the State in the Promotion of Such System and for Other Purposes,"
approved June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113, U.S.C., Title 29, sec. 49(c)), as amended, and
known as the Wagner-Peyser Act. All duties and powers relating to the establishment,
maintenance, and operation of free public employment offices are vested in the Education
and Workforce Development Cabinet. The provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as
amended, are accepted by this state in conformity with Section 4 of that Act, and this state
will observe and comply with the requirements of that Act. The Education and Workforce
Development Cabinet is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the
purposes of the Wagner-Peyser Act. Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 26, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 54, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 271, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.