23-1-303. Powers and duties of the division. The division, in cooperation with the department, may:
     (1) hire a corps coordinator;
     (2) coordinate with state agencies to place eligible participants in work experience projects, including those recipients of financial assistance, as defined in 53-4-201, utilizing grant diversion funding and to place youth who are under state supervision utilizing payments from the department of public health and human services;
     (3) develop and approve work experience projects that meet the requirements of this part;
     (4) ensure that work experience projects involve labor-intensive improvements to public lands or facilities that will result in a public value and have a potential to yield revenue;
     (5) execute contracts or cooperative agreements containing the terms and conditions necessary and desirable for the employment of crewleaders and corpsmembers in approved work experience projects with federal, state, or local agencies, persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations;
     (6) execute contracts or cooperative agreements with federal, state, or local agencies, persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations for the purpose of administering the requirements of this part;
     (7) develop procedures for awarding incentive vouchers;
     (8) authorize use of the corps for emergency projects, including but not limited to natural disasters, fire prevention and suppression, and rescue of lost or injured persons, and provide adequate training to corpsmembers prior to participation in an emergency project;
     (9) apply for and accept grants or contributions of services, funds, or lands from any public or private donors, including the acceptance of federal funds appropriated by the legislature;
     (10) purchase, rent, acquire, or obtain personal property, supplies, instruments, tools, or equipment necessary to complete work experience projects; and
     (11) adopt rules and guidelines necessary to implement the provisions of this part and to effectively administer the program.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 556, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 486, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 465, L. 2001.