Sec. 105. Local workforce investment areas

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Section 116 (29 U.S.C. 2831) is amended— in subsection (a)— by amending paragraph

(1)to read as follows: In order to receive an allotment under section 132, a State, through the State board, shall establish a process to designate local workforce investment areas within the State. Such process shall— support the statewide workforce development system developed under section 111(d)(2), enabling the system to meet the workforce needs of the State and its local areas; include consultation, prior to the designation, with chief elected officials; include consideration of comments received on the designation through the public comment process as described in section 112(b)(9); and require the submission of an application for approval under subparagraph (B). To obtain designation of a local area under this paragraph, a local or regional board (or consortia of local or regional boards) seeking to take responsibility for the area under this Act shall submit an application to a State board at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State board may require, including— a description of the local area, including the population that will be served by the local area, and the education and training needs of its employers and workers; a description of how the local area is consistent or aligned with— service delivery areas (as determined by the State); labor market areas; and economic development regions; a description of the eligible providers of education and training, including postsecondary educational institutions such as community colleges, located in the local area and available to meet the needs of the local workforce; a description of the distance that individuals will need to travel to receive services provided in such local area; and any other criteria that the State board may require. In designating local areas under this paragraph, a State board shall give priority consideration to an area proposed by an applicant demonstrating that a designation as a local area under this paragraph will result in the reduction of overlapping service delivery areas, local market areas, or economic development regions. A State may designate an area proposed by an applicant as a local area under this paragraph for a period not to exceed 3 years. For purposes of this Act, a reference to a local area— used with respect to a geographic area, refers to an area designated under this paragraph; and used with respect to an entity, refers to the applicant. ; by amending paragraph

(2)to read as follows: The Secretary shall, if requested by the Governor of a State, provide the State with technical assistance in making the determinations required under paragraph (1). The Secretary shall not issue regulations governing determinations to be made under paragraph (1). ; by striking paragraph (3); by striking paragraph (4); by redesignating paragraph

(5)as paragraph (3); and in paragraph

(3)(as so redesignated), by striking

(2)or

(3)both places it appears and inserting

(1); by amending subsection

(b)to read as follows: Consistent with subsection (a), the State board of a State may designate the State as a single State local area for the purposes of this title. ; and in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: The State may require the local boards for the designated region to prepare a single regional plan that incorporates the elements of the local plan under section 118 and that is submitted and approved in lieu of separate local plans under such section. ; and in paragraph (2), by striking employment statistics and inserting workforce and labor market information .

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