WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 311

(f) The Secretary of Personnel and the Secretary of
ECONOMIC AND Employment [and Training] DEVELOPMENT shall adopt
rules and regulations to implement this section.

[7-202.] 3-202.

(a)  The Department [of Employment and Training] shall
establish a program for the retraining and placement of hospital
employees who are unemployed as a result of the closing or
delicensing of a hospital or the merging of hospitals under §
19-325 of the Health - General Article.

(b)  The Secretary [of Employment and Training] and the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall adopt regulations to
implement this section.

(c)  There is a Hospital Employees Retraining Fund. The
Fund shall be used:

(1)  For the purposes described in this section; and

(2)  To pay any and all expenses of the Department [of
Employment and Training] in administering this section.

(d)  Any unexpended funds remaining in the Hospital
Employees Retraining Fund at the end of the fiscal year may not
revert to the General Fund of the State.

Subtitle 3. Economic Stabilization Act

[7-301.] 3-301.

(a)  In this [subheading] SUBTITLE the following words have
the meanings indicated.

(b)  (1) "Employer" means any person, corporation, or other
entity that employs at least 50 individuals and operates an
industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State.

(2) "Employer" does not include the State or its
political subdivisions or any employer who has been doing
business in the State less than 1 year.

(c)  "Reduction in operations" includes:

(1)  The relocation of a part of an employer's
operation from 1 workplace to another existing or proposed site;
or

(2)  The shutting down of a workplace or a portion of
the operations of a workplace that reduces the number of
employees by at least 25 percent or 15 employees, whichever is
greater, over any 3-month period.

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