§ 159-E — Definitions

§ 159-e. Definitions. When used in this article:\n 1. "Eligible entity" shall mean any organization\n (a) officially designated as a community action agency or a community\naction program under the provisions of section two hundred ten of the\neconomic opportunity act of 1964 for fiscal year 1981, unless such\ncommunity action agency or a community action program lost its\ndesignation under section two hundred ten of such act as a result of a\nfailure to comply with the provisions of such act; or\n (b) designated by the process described in section one hundred\nfifty-nine-m of this article (including an organization serving migrant\nor seasonal farmworkers that is so described or designated).\n Such eligible entity shall have a tripartite board as its governing\nboard which fully participates in the development, planning,\nimplementation, and evaluation of the program to serve low-income\ncommunities and through which the entity shall administer the community\nservices block grant program. However, such eligible entities which are\npublic organizations shall have either a tripartite board or another\nmechanism specified by the state to assure decision making and\nparticipation by low-income individuals in the development, planning,\nimplementation, and evaluation of programs funded under this article.\n 2. "Tripartite board" shall mean\n (a) the governing board of a private nonprofit entity selected by the\nentity and composed so as to assure that\n (1) one-third of the members of the board are elected public\nofficials, holding office on the date of selection, or their\nrepresentatives, except that if the number of such elected officials\nreasonably available and willing to serve on the board is less than\none-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of\nappointive public officials or their representatives may be counted in\nmeeting such one-third requirement;\n (2) (A) not fewer than one-third of the members are persons chosen in\naccordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that\nthese members are representative of low-income individuals and families\nin the neighborhood served; and\n (B) each representative of low-income individuals and families\nselected to represent a specific neighborhood within a community under\nclause (A) of this subparagraph resides in the neighborhood represented\nby the member; and\n (3) the remainder of the members are officials or members of business,\nindustry, labor, religious, law enforcement, education, or other major\ngroups and interests in the community served; or\n (b) the governing board of a public organization, which shall have\nmembers selected by the organization and shall be composed so as to\nassure that not fewer than one-third of the members are persons chosen\nin accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure\nthat these members\n (1) are representative of low-income individuals and families in the\nneighborhood served;\n (2) reside in the neighborhood served; and\n (3) are able to participate actively in the development, planning,\nimplementation, and evaluation of programs funded under this article.\n 3. "Indian tribes" and "tribal organizations" shall mean those tribes,\nbands or other organized groups of Indians recognized in the state or\nconsidered by the federal secretary of the interior to be an Indian\ntribe or an Indian organization for any purpose.\n 4. "Community based organization" shall mean any organization\nincorporated for the purpose of providing services or other assistance\nto economically or socially disadvantaged persons within its designated\ncommunity. Such organization must have a board of directors of which\nmore than half of the members reside in such designated community.\n 5. "Department" shall mean the department of state.\n 6. "Secretary" shall mean the secretary of state.\n