TITLE 42

State Affairs and Government

CHAPTER 42-16.1

Department of Labor and Training

SECTION 42-16.1-4



   § 42-16.1-4  Transfer of functions from the

department of employment and training. –

(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of labor and training all

functions formerly administered by the department of employment and training

set forth in chapters 39 – 44, inclusive, of title 28 and chapter 102 of

title 42; and of all other general laws and public laws heretofore carried out

by the existing director of employment and training and the department of

employment and training. The department of labor and training shall:



   (1) Be the principal executive department charged with

administering employment and training programs in the state. The department

shall establish a coordinated structure for delivery of such programs and shall

work with the Rhode Island Human Resource Investment Council, or its successor,

in carrying out the statewide policies, goals, and guidelines developed by the

Rhode Island Human Resource Investment Council, or its successor, pursuant to

§ 42-102-9;



   (2) Administer all employment and training programs formerly

administered by the department of employment and training, including, without

limitation, all state and local programs sponsored under the federal Job

Training Partnership Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1501 et seq.; and



   (3) Continue to work with the existing local regional

employment and training boards and along with such other regional employment

and training boards as may be established from time to time by the Rhode Island

Human Resource Investment Council, or its successor, and the department. Such

boards shall operate according to the policies and guidelines established by

the Rhode Island Human Resource Investment Council, or its successor; shall be

responsible for establishing local planning and coordination guidelines; shall

review and comment on all local plans, proposals, and programs that would be

funded directly by state and/or federal agencies; shall assist in the

development of public-private partnerships; and shall be responsible for the

development of a local coordination plan covering programs and services within

all service delivery areas located within the state.



   (b) To the extent that there is any conflict between federal

law and this section, federal law shall prevail.



   (c) Whenever in the general laws or in any public law the

words "director of employment and training" or "director of employment

security" or "department of employment and training" or "department of

employment security" shall appear, the same shall be deemed to mean the

director of labor and training or the department of labor and training, as the

case may be.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1996, ch. 226, § 2.)