HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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maximum of three hundred and fifty (350) employable persons
receiving public assistance.

(b)  If direct public assistance or relief is granted to any
employable person, the Social Services Administration may provide
an opportunity for said person to work for any board, commission,
office or other agency of the State government or of a political
subdivision of the State. Said employable persons 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 duplicate or replace an
existing service.

(c)  Any person employed pursuant to this section may
continue in employment only if the State or local government
agency to which said person has been assigned for work certifies
that said person is satisfactorily performing the work assigned.

(d)  The program of public employment shall:

(1)  Provide for jobs with both the State of Maryland
and local governments[.];

(2)  Give special consideration to the filling of jobs
which provide sufficient prospects for advancement, suitable
continued employment, or will lead to employment with private
organizations[.];

(3)  Provide for the payment of wages and salaries to
persons employed in public employment programs which are
comparable to the wages paid for similar public occupations by
the same employer[.]; AND

(4)  Provide that the persons selected for employment
shall constitute a representative cross-section of public
assistance recipients of the State.

(e)  No employable person shall be placed in a public job
under this program until every effort has been made by the
Department of Employment and Social Services to secure private
employment for him.

(f)  The Secretary of Employment and Social Services is
authorized to allocate funds which have been appropriated for
public assistance payments to provide for the payment of wages
and salaries of persons participating in the program of public
employment, but every effort shall be made to administer this
program within existing appropriations of funds and with existing
personnel.

[(h)] (G) The provisions of this section shall be effective
only to the extent that they do not conflict with any federal
law, rules, or regulations.