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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                  FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                       No. 581
H.P. 424                                                House of Representatives, February 24, 2021
           Resolve, To Expedite Processing of Applications for Certification
           under the Federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit
   Received by the Clerk of the House on February 22, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Labor and Housing pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule
401.
                                                                               ROBERT B. HUNT
                                                                                          Clerk
Presented by Representative TALBOT ROSS of Portland.
                                       Printed on recycled paper
 1      Sec. 1. Position added; Department of Labor, Bureau of Employment
 2   Services. Resolved: That the Department of Labor shall add one new permanent
 3   position in the Bureau of Employment Services to expedite the processing of employer
 4   applications for certification of an employee as a member of a targeted group for purposes
 5   of the employer's qualifying for the federal work opportunity tax credit under Section 51
 6   of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
 7       Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Department of Labor shall submit a report to
 8   the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing by February 1, 2022 with the most
 9   recent information available concerning employer applications for certification pursuant to
10   the federal work opportunity tax credit under Section 51 of the United States Internal
11   Revenue Code of 1986 submitted to the department and the extent of any backlog in
12   application processing.
13                                          SUMMARY
14        This resolve directs the Department of Labor to establish a new permanent position in
15   the Bureau of Employment Services to expedite the processing of employer applications
16   for certification required for the federal work opportunity tax credit under Section 51 of the
17   United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The resolve also requires the Department
18   of Labor to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing with
19   the most recent information available concerning applications submitted by employers,
20   including information on the extent of any backlog in application processing, by February
21   1, 2022.
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