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 106 STAT. 4448 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 "(1) jointly develop and submit (in coi\junction with the designated State agency) the State plan required in section 704; "(2) monitor, review, and evaluate the implementation of the State plan; " (3) coordinate activities with the State Rehabilitation Advisory Council established under section 105 and councils that address the needs of specific disability populations and issues under other Federal law; "(4) ensiire that all regularly scheduled meetings of the Council are open to the public and sufficient advance notice is provided; and Reports. "(5) submit to the Commissioner such periodic reports as ^^°"^- the Commissioner may reasonably request, and keep such records, and afford such access to such records, as the Commissioner finds necessary to verify such reports, ''(d) HEARINGS AND FORUMS. —The Council is authorized to hold such hearings and forums as the Council may determine to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Council. "(e) PLAN.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall prepare, in coi\junction with the designated State unit, a plan for the provision of such resources, including such staff and personnel, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council under this section, with funds made available under this chapter and part C of title I and from other public and private sources. The resource plan shall, to the maximum extent possible, rely on the use of resources in existence during the period of implementation of the plan. "(2) SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION.— Each Council shall, consistent with State law, supervise and evaluate such staff and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council under this section. "(3) CONFUCT OF INTEREST.— While assisting the Council in carrying out its duties, staff and other personnel shall not be assigned duties by the designated State agency or any other agency or office of the State, that would create a convict of interest. "(f) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— The Council may use such resources to reimburse members of the Council for reasonable and necessary expenses of attending Council meetings and performing Council duties (including child care and personal assistance services), and to pay compensation to a member of the Council, if such member is not employed or must forfeit wages from other employment, for each day the member is engaged in performing Council duties. "(g) USE OF EXISTING COUNCILS.—TO the extent that a State has established a Council before September 30, 1992, that is com- Earable to the Council described in this section, such Council shall e considered to be in compliance with this section. Within 1 year after the date of enactment of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, such State shall establish a Council that complies in full with this section. 29 USC 796d-l. «SEC. 706. RESPONSmiLrnES OF THE COMMISSIONER. "(a) APPROVAL OF STATE PLANS. —

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