0001| SENATE BILL 232
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| RAMSAY L. GORHAM
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| CREATING THE STATE WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD; DEFINING ITS
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0012| POWERS AND DUTIES.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD--CREATION--
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0016| FILLING VACANCIES--QUORUM--MEETINGS--REIMBURSEMENT OF
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0017| MEMBERS.--
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0018| A. The "state work force development board" is
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0019| created. The board is an adjunct agency.
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0020| B. The board consists of six ex-officio members
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0021| and twenty members appointed by the governor with the advice
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0022| and consent of the senate. The ex-officio members are the
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0023| lieutenant governor; the secretary of children, youth and
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0024| families; the secretary of economic development; the secretary
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0025| of labor; the secretary of human services; and the
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0001| superintendent of public instruction. The appointed members
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0002| are:
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0003| (1) four two-year term members consisting of
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0004| a teacher, administrator or board member of a public school
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0005| district; a faculty member, administrator or board of regent
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0006| member of a post-secondary institution of higher education; a
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0007| faculty member, administrator or board member of a secondary
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0008| or post-secondary vocational education institution; and a
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0009| board member, staff member or volunteer from a nonprofit
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0010| community-based organization;
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0011| (2) nine two-year term members appointed from
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0012| persons representative of business and industry;
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0013| (3) four two-year term members representing
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0014| organized labor; and
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0015| (4) three two-year term members appointed
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0016| from any three of the following entities: local welfare
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0017| agencies; public housing agencies; units of general local
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0018| government or consortia of those units who shall be appointed
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0019| from nominations made by chief elected officials of the units
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0020| or consortia; state and local programs that receive funding
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0021| under an applicable federal human resources program that the
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0022| governor determines have a direct interest in the use of human
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0023| resources within the state; and individuals that have special
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0024| knowledge and qualifications with respect to special education
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0025| and career development needs of hard-to-serve individuals.
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0001| C. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by an
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0002| appointment of a successor from the same general category of
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0003| representation as his predecessor. A member shall serve until
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0004| his successor is qualified.
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0005| D. The lieutenant governor is the chairman of the
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0006| board.
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0007| E. The board shall meet at the call of the
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0008| chairman.
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0009| F. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
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0010| G. Appointed members who are not government
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0011| employees entitled to reimbursement by their respective
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0012| employers shall be paid pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage
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0013| Act.
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0014| H. The governor shall request two members from the
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0015| house of representatives and two members from the senate to
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0016| participate as advisory members of the board.
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0017| Section 2. DUTIES OF THE WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.--
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0018| A. The work force development board shall review
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0019| and approve those parts of the annual plans of the following
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0020| cabinet departments pertaining to employment, training and
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0021| employment-related education and human services programs and
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0022| review the budget items of those parts of the plans:
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0023| children, youth and families department; economic development
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0024| department; human services department; labor department; and
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0025| the state department of public education.
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0001| B. The board shall develop and coordinate the
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0002| implementation of a ten-year comprehensive work force
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0003| development plan of specific goals, objectives and policies
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0004| for the state. This plan shall be updated annually and
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0005| revised as necessary. State agencies involved in work force
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0006| development activities shall submit their goals, objectives
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0007| and policies to the board for its annual review and potential
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0008| inclusion in the plan. The plan shall include recommendations
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0009| to the legislature and the governor on the modification,
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0010| consolidation, initiation and coordination of work force
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0011| training and education programs in the state.
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0012| C. The board shall prepare a five-year strategic
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0013| plan for state work force development to implement the
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0014| specific comprehensive goals, objectives and policies of the
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0015| state. State agencies involved in work force development
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0016| activities and applicable regional or local boards or councils
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0017| shall submit their plans and programs to the board for its
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0018| annual review and potential inclusion in the strategic plan.
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0019| The five-year strategic plan for state work force development
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0020| shall be updated annually. The plan shall include
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0021| recommendations to the legislature and the governor on the
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0022| modification, consolidation, initiation and coordination of
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0023| work force training and education programs in the state.
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0024| D. In addition to its responsibilities pursuant to
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0025| Subsections A, B and C of this section, the board shall:
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0001| (1) develop a method of evaluation for
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0002| attainment of goals and objectives of the five-year plan and
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0003| the ten-year plan that includes a system to measure program
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0004| performance, identify accomplishments and evaluate programs to
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0005| ensure goals and standard are met;
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0006| (2) monitor the implementation and evaluate
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0007| the effectiveness of the five-year plan and the ten-year plan;
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0008| (3) review the provision of services and use
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0009| of funds and resources under applicable federal and state
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0010| training, education and employment-related programs and advise
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0011| the governor on methods of coordinating the provision of
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0012| services and use of funds and resources consistent with the
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0013| laws and regulations governing those programs;
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0014| (4) perform the duties and functions
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0015| described for existing state councils described under laws
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0016| relating to the applicable federal and state programs;
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0017| (5) provide policy advice for any federal act
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0018| pertaining to work force development that is not required by
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0019| state or federal law to be provided by another body;
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0020| (6) identify policies to reduce
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0021| administrative and other barriers to efficient operation of
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0022| the state's work force development system, including among
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0023| those policies provisions for waivers of statutory
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0024| requirements and administrative rules for implementation of
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0025| one-stop access to work force development systems; and
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0001| (7) upon enactment of new federal initiatives
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0002| relating to work force development, advise the governor and
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0003| the legislature on mechanisms for integrating the federal
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0004| initiatives into the state's work force development system and
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0005| make recommendations on legislative or administrative measures
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0006| necessary to streamline and coordinate state efforts to meet
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0007| federal guidelines.
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0008| Section 3. WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT REGIONS--REGIONAL
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0009| BOARDS--DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.--
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0010| A. The work force development board shall
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0011| designate seven work force development regions in the state.
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0012| The designated regions shall be identical to the planning
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0013| districts established in the Planning District Act.
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0014| B. The board shall establish a regional work force
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0015| development board in each work force development region. A
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0016| regional work force development board shall:
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0017| (1) advise the state work force development
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0018| board on issues relating to regional and local work force
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0019| development needs;
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0020| (2) prepare annual regional work force
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0021| development plans for the implementation and promotion of
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0022| employment, job training and employment-related education and
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0023| human resources programs; and
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0024| (3) establish service delivery agreements
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0025| among regional service providers to coordinate employment, job
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0001| training and employment-related education and human resources
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0002| programs at the local level.
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0003| C. A regional work force development board shall
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0004| have a minimum of fifty-one percent of its members coming from
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0005| the private sector and shall include representation of
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0006| education, government and community-based organizations and
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0007| others as appropriate and shall be appointed or ratified by
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0008| local elected public officials.
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0009| Section 4. APPLICABLE HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAM DEFINED.--
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0010| A. As used in this section, "applicable human
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0011| resources program" means a program receiving federal funds
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0012| that the governor and the legislature agree to include within
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0013| the purview of the work force development board.
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0014| B. Applicable human resources programs:
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0015| (1) include programs authorized pursuant to:
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0016| (a) the federal Job Training
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0017| Partnership Act;
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0018| (b) the federal Carl D. Perkins
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0019| Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act;
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0020| (c) the federal Adult Education Act;
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0021| (d) the federal Wagner Peyser Act;
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0022| (e) Part A of Title 4 of the federal
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0023| Social Security Act;
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0024| (f) the training portion of the federal
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0025| Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
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0001| Act of 1996;
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0002| (g) the federal Welfare to Work Act;
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0003| and
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0004| (h) the federal School-to-Work
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0005| Opportunities Act of 1994; and
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0006| (2) do not include programs authorized under
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0007| the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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0008| Section 5. FUNDING--PERSONNEL.--
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0009| A. To carry out its functions, the work force
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0010| development board may:
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0011| (1) use funds otherwise available for state
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0012| councils under the applicable federal human resources programs
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0013| consistent with the laws and regulations governing those
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0014| programs; and
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0015| (2) use funds, services, personnel,
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0016| facilities and information provided by state and local public
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0017| agencies, with the consent of the agencies.
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0018| B. Staff support for the work force development
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0019| board shall be provided equally by each of the state agencies
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0020| represented on the board.
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0021| Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0022| provisions of this state act is July 1, 1998.
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