Job service North Dakota - Agreements
N.D. Cent. Code § 52-02.1-02
in effect52-02.1-02. Job service North Dakota - Agreements
1. Program services developed and coordinated by job service North Dakota must be
provided to primary sector businesses found eligible for loans or grants under this
chapter. Job service North Dakota may enter an agreement to establish a project with
an employer which meets the following conditions:
a. Sets a date of commencement of the project.
b. Identifies program costs, including deferred costs, which are to be paid from
available sources including new jobs credit from withholding to be received or
derived from new jobs resulting from the project.
c. Provides for a guarantee by the employer of payment for program costs.
d. Provides that any deferral of program cost payments may not exceed ten years
from the date of commencement of the project.
e. Provides that on-the-job training costs for employees may not exceed fifty percent
of the annual gross payroll costs of the new jobs in the first full year after the date
of commencement of the project. For purposes of this subsection, "gross payroll"
is the gross wages and salaries for the new jobs.
f. Provides the maximum amount of new jobs credit from withholding or tuition and
fee payments allowed for a project.
g. Provides that every employee participating in the new jobs training program must
be paid an income of at least ten dollars per hour, plus benefits, by the end of the
first year of employment under the project and for the remaining life of the loan.
2. A project requiring a loan from the department or a community may not be approved,
and an agreement may not be executed by job service North Dakota, until notification
from the department or community that the employer has qualified for a loan. Upon
execution of the agreement, job service North Dakota shall notify the state tax
commissioner of the agreement and the identity of the employer. Job service North
Dakota may adopt rules to implement this chapter. Job service North Dakota shall
prepare an annual report for the governor and the legislative assembly with respect to
the new jobs training program.
3. For purposes of this section and section 52-02.1-04, an employer that is not a primary
sector business, but contracts to provide employees to a primary sector business, may
qualify for program services if:
a. The employer and the primary sector business are parties to the same agreement
under this section; and
b. The agreement under this section designates the employer as the recipient of the
program services.
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