HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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manner; and generally relating to opportunities in
industrialization centers assistance.

BY adding to

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 110 through 116, inclusive, to be under the new

subtitle "Opportunities Industrialization

Centers Assistance"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS ASSISTANCE

110.

IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBTITLE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR COMPREHENSIVE JOB TRAINING AND RELATED
SERVICES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, UNEMPLOYED, AND
UNDEREMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES
INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS AND OTHER SIMILAR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.

111.

(A)  IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)  "UNDEREMPLOYED" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL:

(1)  WORKING PART TIME BUT SEEKING FULL-TIME
WORK; OR

(2)  WORKING FULL TIME BUT RECEIVING WAGES BELOW
THE GREATER OF:

(I)  THE POVERTY LEVEL DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE EMPLOYMENT
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; OR

(II)  70 PERCENT OF THE LOWER LIVING
STANDARD INCOME LEVEL AS DETERMINED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR
STATISTICS.

(C)  "UNEMPLOYED" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS WITHOUT A
JOB, AND WHO WANTS AND IS AVAILABLE FOR WORK.