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PUBLIC LAW 89-136-AUG. 26, 1965

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(5) notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, those additional areas which were designated redevelopment areas under the Area Redevelopment Act on or after J^ ^l^c *^ March 1, 1965: Provided, however, That the continued eligibility note. ^ °^ of such areas after the first annual review of eligibility conducted in accordance with section 402 of this Act shall be dependent on their qualification for designation under the standards of economic need set forth in subsections (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section. (b) The size and boundaries of redevelopment areas shall be as determined by the Secretary: Provided, however. That— (1) no area shall be designated until it has an approved overall economic development program in accordance with subsection 202(b) (10) of this Act; (2) any area which does not submit an acceptable overall economic development program in accordance with subsection 202 (b)(10) of this Act within a reasonable time after notification of eligibility for designation, shall not thereafter be designated jjrior to the next annual review of eligibility in accordance with section 402 of this Act; (3) no area shall be designated which does not have a population of at least one thousand five hundred persons, except for areas designated under subsection 401(a)(3), which shall have a population of not less than one thousand persons; and (4) except for areas designated under subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4) hereof, no area shall be designated which is smaller than a "labor area" (as defined by the Secretary of Labor), a county, or a municipality with a population of over two hundred and fifty thousand, whichever in the opinion of the Secretary is appropriate. (c) Upon the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and such other heads of agencies as may be appropriate are authorized to conduct such special studies, obtain such information, and compile and furnish to the Secretary such data as the Secretary may deem necessary or proper to enable him to make the determinations provided for in this section. The Secretary shall reimburse when appropriate, out of any funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act, the foregoing officers for any expenditures incurred by them under this section. (d) If a State has no area designated under the preceding subsections of this section as a redevelopment area, the Secretary shall designate as a redevelopment area that area in such State which in his opinion most nearly qualifies under such preceding subsections. An area so designated shall have its eligibility terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 402 if any other area within the same State subsequently has become qualified or been designated under any other subsection of this section as of the time of the annual review prescribed by section 402: Provided, That the Secretary shall not terminate any designation of an area in a State as a redevelopment area if to do so would result in such State having no redevelopment area. (e) As used in this Act, the term "redevelopment area" refers to ^^J^,!'^^''^^"^'"^"* any area within the Ignited States which has been designated by the ^^^^' Secretary as a redeveloiDment area. A X X t r A L RE^•IEW OF AREA

ELIGIBILITY

SEC. 402. The Secretary shall conduct an annual review of all areas designated in accordance with section 401 of this Act, and on the basis thereof shall terminate or modify the designations of such areas in accordance with objective standards which he shall prescribe by

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