Sec. 435. Administration
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The system described in section 434 shall be organized as a private nonprofit entity with a multimember governing board, and such governing board shall be selected according to the policies and procedures of the system, except that— the governing board shall be composed of members who broadly represent or are knowledgeable about the needs of the individuals served by the system; a majority of the members of the board shall be— attorneys representing the interests of workers; advocates for workers with experience working to protect or expand workers’ rights; or workers who have experienced employment discrimination; not more than 1/3 of the members of the governing board may be appointed by the chief executive officer of the State involved, in the case of any State in which such officer has the authority to appoint members of the board; the membership of the governing board shall be subject to term limits set by the system to ensure rotating membership; and any vacancy in the board shall be filled not later than 60 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs.
Nothing in this subtitle shall preclude a system from bringing a suit on behalf of individuals described in section 434(c)(1)(A) against a State, or an agency or instrumentality of a State. An amount received pursuant to a suit described in paragraph
(1)through a court judgment may only be used by the system to further the purpose of this subtitle and shall not be used to augment payments to legal contractors or to award personal bonuses. The Secretary shall provide advance public notice of, and solicit public comments regarding, any Federal programmatic or administrative onsite review of a system conducted under this subtitle. The Secretary shall prepare an onsite visit report containing the results of such review, which shall be distributed to the Governor of the State and to other interested public and private parties. The comments received in response to the notice and public comment solicitation shall be included in the onsite visit report. Beginning for the fiscal year after the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted, each system established in a State pursuant to this subtitle shall annually prepare and transmit to the Secretary a report that describes the activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of the system during the preceding fiscal year, including— a description of the system’s goals, the extent to which the goals were achieved, and barriers to that achievement; and the process used to obtain public input, the nature of such input, and how such input was used. For purposes of the report described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not require the system to disclose the identity of, or any other personally identifiable information related to, any individual requesting assistance from the system.