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suitable. Such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions

of this act. The department shall submit to the Governor and the General

Assembly a biennial report covering the administration and operation of this

act and shall make such recommendations for amendments to this act as it

deems proper. The department shall establish procedures to identify the transfer

or acquisition of a business in accordance with section 303(k)(1)(E) of the

Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 503(k)(1)(E)). In the discharge of

the duties imposed by this act, the Secretary and any agent duly authorized in

writing by him shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, take

depositions, and certify to official acts. The department shall have the power to

production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records

deemed necessary in the administration of this act.

((a) amended June 15, 2005, P.L.8, No.5)

(b) The department and the Department of Property and Supplies are hereby

authorized to acquire land and buildings or to use land in or in the

immediate vicinity of the City of Harrisburg, now owned by the

Commonwealth, deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor & Industry,

with the approval of the Governor, and in the case of the use of land now

owned by the Commonwealth, the approval of the board or other agency

of the Commonwealth having jurisdiction over the same, for the

administration of this act.

As all property acquired under the provisions of this subsection shall be

used exclusively for the performance of essential governmental functions,

no taxes shall be required to be paid or assessments made upon any such

property from the time that the Commonwealth actually takes title to such

property in the event of outright purchase, or from the time that the

Commonwealth takes possession of such property under a lease-purchase

agreement as provided herein.

((b) amended May 17, 1957, P.L.153, No.72) Section 202. Personnel and Employment Offices.--The secretary shall have power to establish such offices and to appoint and fix the compensation of such employes in such offices and in the department as he may deem necessary to administer this act, subject to the provisions of the act, approved the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred fifty-two). The department is authorized to cooperate with or to enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board or any other agency of the United States charged