(a) There shall continue to be in the Labor Department a division, to be known as the Employment Security Division, which shall be administered by a full-time, salaried, executive director, who shall be subject to the supervision and the direction of the administrator. The administrator is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of and prescribe the duties of such executive director, provided such appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and the rate of such compensation shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Employment Security Division shall be responsible for matters relating to unemployment compensation and the Connecticut State Employment Service, and shall establish and maintain free public employment bureaus in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System and for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such System and for Other Purposes”, approved June 6, 1933, as amended. The administrator may cooperate with or enter into agreements with the Federal Railroad Retirement Board with respect to the establishment, maintenance and use of free employment service facilities. Moneys received from the Federal Railroad Retirement Board as compensation for services or facilities supplied to said board shall be paid into the Employment Security Administration Fund.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 50, the Employment Security Division is authorized to purchase supply items and equipment obtainable directly from the General Services Administration of the United States government or any other federal agency, out of funds established under the provisions of subsection (a) or (d) of section 31-259 or out of funds established by or granted pursuant to federal authority to the Employment Security Division, if the administrator deems such purchases to be in the best interests of the state and said Employment Security Division.
(1949 Rev., S. 7509; 1969, P.A. 328; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 92-252.)
History: 1969 act added Subsec. (b) re purchases of supply items, etc.; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 92-252 deleted provisions establishing the Connecticut state employment service department and the unemployment compensation department and added language providing that the employment security division shall be responsible for matters relating to unemployment compensation and the Connecticut state employment service.
See Sec. 31-6 re federal aid for public unemployment offices.
See Sec. 31-259 re Employment Security Administration Fund.
Cited. 16 CS 263.
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