This article may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity Act. For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context in which they are used clearly indicates otherwise:

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(1) “Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation” means the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as defined in § 15A-3-2 of this code.

(2) “Department of Commerce” means the Department of Commerce, as defined in § 5B-1-1 of this code.

(3) “New hire records” means any available directory of newly hired and re-hired employees reported under state and federal law and managed by the state Department of Commerce.

(4) “Unemployment insurance enrollment” means the list of all jobless workers receiving unemployment insurance at a given moment in time.

(5) “Commissioner” means the Workforce West Virginia Commissioner, formerly known as the Bureau of Employment Programs’ Commissioner, as defined in § 21A-1A-12 of this code.

(6) “Bureau” means Workforce West Virginia, formerly known as the Bureau of Employment Programs, as defined in § 21A-1-4 of this code.