§ 8-83-215 — Designation of local work force development areas

(1) Subject
to section 106 of chapter 2 of the federal act concerning designation of work force
development areas, on an annual basis, any county, municipality, city and county, or
combination may petition the governor to form a new work force development area.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2016.)

(3) Subject to the governor's approval, counties, municipalities, or a city and
county may choose, through intergovernmental agreements, to band together to
form a work force development area for an area consisting of more than one
county, municipality, or city and county or may choose to operate a work force
development area as a single unit. If the proposed work force development area
meets the minimum federal requirements for an area as set forth in the federal act,
the governor should not unreasonably withhold approval of the work force
development area.

(4) (a) The governor may authorize and approve as a federally designated
work force development area any area that applies and qualifies as specified in
subsection (1) of this section.

(b) and (c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2016.)

(5) (a) The governor shall designate an additional federally designated work
force development area for the state, specified as the rural consortium work force
subarea, which consists of all approved work force development subareas. Such
decision shall be allowed on an annual basis, with notice to be given by February 1,
for any designation to go into effect for the subsequent program year by July 1 of
the same year.

(b) Any approved work force development area in the rural consortium work
force development area shall operate with the same authority as, and function as if
it were, a local work force development area.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 94, � 6, effective June 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1302), ch. 183, p. 641, � 18, effective May 19.