39-51-307. Department to create employment service. (1) The department shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in the number and in places that may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purpose of performing the duties that are within the purview of the act of congress entitled, "An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49), as amended.
     (2) The department is charged with the duty to cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having power or duties under the provisions of the act of congress, as amended, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of the act of congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices.
     (3) The provisions of the act of congress, as amended, are accepted by this state in conformity with section 4 of that act, and this state shall observe and comply with the requirements of the act. The department is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of the act.
     (4) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with any political subdivisions of this state or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of such an agreement, the department may accept money, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment service account.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 137, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 164, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 368, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 87-132; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 163, Ch. 42, L. 1997.