The department must create a division known as the "South Carolina State Employment Service" that must establish and maintain free public employment offices in a number and in places necessary for the proper administration of Chapters 27 through 42 of this title and for the purpose of performing duties 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 (48 Stat. 113, U.S.C. Title 29, Section 49(c) as amended). All duties and powers formerly conferred on another department, agency, or officer of this State relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of free public employment offices are vested in this division.
HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 180 Section 1; 2010 Act No. 146, Section 107, eff March 30, 2010.
Effect of Amendment
The 2010 amendment substituted "department" for "South Carolina Employment Security Commission"; and made other nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.