State Employment Service: Acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act; establishment and maintenance of free public employment offices.
1. The Administrator shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purposes of performing such duties as are within the purview of the Wagner-Peyser Act, being c. 49, 48 Stat. 113, approved June 6, 1933, as amended, and 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,” and also designated as 29 U.S.C. §§ 49 et seq.
2. The provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, are hereby accepted by this State in conformity with 29 U.S.C. § 49c, and this State will observe and comply with the requirements thereof.
3. The Administrator shall cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and shall do and perform all things necessary to secure to this State the benefits of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The Division is hereby designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purposes of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.
4. All money received by this State under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, must be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund, and is hereby made available to the Administrator for the Nevada State Employment Service, to be expended as provided by this chapter and by the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.
5. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the Administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivision of this State, or with any private nonprofit organizations, and as a part of any such agreement the Administrator may accept money, services or quarters as a contribution to the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund.
Last modified: February 25, 2006