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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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S.B. 193
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Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
Senate Bill No. 193
AN ACT concerning
Pilot Program for the Long Term Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons
Tax Credits for Individuals Facing Employment Barriers
Pilot Program for the Long-Term Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons
FOR the purpose of creating a Pilot Program for the Long-Term Employment of
Qualified Ex-Felons; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation to establish the pilot program in consultation with the Governor's
Workforce Investment Board; requiring the Department to purchase certain
bonds for a certain number of qualified ex-felons each year and to provide
certain bonds to certain one-stop career centers; requiring that the pilot
program be implemented in a certain number of workforce investment areas;
requiring a one-stop center that participates in the pilot program to work with
certain entities to encourage referral and participation of qualified ex-felons, to
provide certain outreach and education, and to develop a certain evaluation
process; requiring a one-stop center to apply to the Department for designation
as a pilot program location; requiring the Department in consultation with the
Governor's Workforce Investment Board to designate certain one-stop centers
as pilot program locations and to consider certain information; allowing a credit
against the State income tax for certain wages paid by certain business entities
with respect to certain ex-felon employees; providing for the calculation and use
of the credit; requiring a certain addition modification if a certain credit is
claimed; requiring a certain certification prior to claiming the credit; prohibiting
an employer from claiming the credit under certain circumstances; providing for
the administration of the tax credits; requiring the Department of Labor,
Licensing, and Regulation to adopt certain regulations; defining certain terms;
providing for the application of this Act; providing for the termination of certain
provisions of this Act; altering certain termination provisions and dates of
applicability for certain tax credits allowed to employers that hire certain
qualified employment opportunity employees or certain qualifying individuals
with disabilities; and generally relating to the creation of a Pilot Program for the
Long Term Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons tax credits for individuals
facing employment barriers the creation of a Pilot Program for the Long-Term
Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons.
BY adding to
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 11-701 through 11-705 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 7. Pilot
Program for the Long-Term Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
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