1252                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 384

CODE ARTICLE 88A OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARY-
LAND (1969 REPLACEMENT VOLUME), TITLE "SOCIAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION," SUBTITLE "IN GENERAL",
TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER SECTION 17 THEREOF,
AND ALL to read as follows:

17.

(a) No public authority or agency of this State, or of any

political subdivision thereof, shall grant direct public assistance or
relief to any able-bodied person who is deemed appropriate for

employment and is able to work and refuses suitable work when

offered employment through any State or local governing authority.
[Provided, however, that the] The foregoing provisions of this

section shall be effective only to the extent that they do not conflict

with federal requirements in connection with money furnished by
or received from the federal government for public assistance.

(b) If direct public assistance or relief is granted to any able-

bodied person pursuant to the workings of subsection (a), the public

authority or agency shall assign him for work, during the period of

the payments, to some board, commission, office or other agency of

the State government or of a political subdivision of the State.
During this period of receiving the direct public assistance or relief;
the person must report not less often than once every week to an office
of the Employment Security Administration to inquire concerning
possible employment opportunities. After the first payment of direct
public assistance or relief, successive payments may be made to him

only if he has (1) a certificate from the State or local government

agency to which he was assigned for work, stating that he is satis-

factorily performing the work assigned, and (2) a certificate from
the Employment Security Administration that he has reported to

that agency not less often than once each week during the period of

the payments, to inquire concerning possible employment oppor-
tunities.

(B) IF DIRECT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR RELIEF IS
GRANTED TO ANY EMPLOYABLE PERSON, THE PUBLIC AU-
THORITY MAY ASSIGN HIM FOR WORK TO SOME BOARD,
COMMISSION, OFFICE, OR OTHER AGENCY OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT OR OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE
STATE. IF SAID EMPLOYABLE PERSONS ARE ASSIGNED
FOR WORK IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
THEY SHALL BE ASSIGNED FOR WORK IN FULL-TIME JOBS
WHICH PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
OR TO AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED PERSONS AS DEFINED
IN TITLES I, IV, X, XIV, AND XVI OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT, BUT NO PERSON SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO A
JOB IN WHICH HE WOULD REPLACE REGULAR WORKERS
OR IN WHICH HE WOULD DUPLICATE OR REPLACE AN EX-
ISTING SERVICE.

(C) AN EMPLOYABLE PERSON ASSIGNED FOR WORK
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY CONTINUE IN EMPLOY-
MENT ONLY IF THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCY TO WHICH SAID PERSON HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
FOR WORK CERTIFIES THAT SAID PERSON IS SATISFAC-
TORILY PERFORMING THE WORK ASSIGNED.