Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1371

 PUBLIC LAW 97-300—OCT. 13, 1982

96 STAT. 1329

(2) representatives of educational agencies (representative of all educational agencies in the service delivery area), organized labor, rehabilitation agencies, community-based organizations, economic development agencies, and the public employment service. (b) The Chairman of the council shall be selected from among members of the council who are representatives of the private sector. (c)(1)(A) Private sector representatives on the council shall be selected from among individuals nominated by general purpose business organizations after consulting with, and receiving recommendations from, other business organizations in the service delivery area. The number of such nominations shall be at least 150 percent of the number of individuals to be appointed under subsection (a)(l). Such nominations, and the individuals selected from such nominations, shall reasonably represent the industrial and demographic composition of the business community. Whenever possible, at least one-half of such business and industry representatives shall be representatives of small business, including minority business. (B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term— (i) "general purpose business organizations" means organizations which admit to membership any for-profit business operating within the service delivery area; and (ii) "small business" means private for-profit enterprises employing 500 or fewer employees. (2) Education representatives on the council shall be selected from among individuals nominated by local educational agencies, vocational education institutions, institutions of higher education, or general organizations of such agencies or institutions, and by private and proprietary schools or general organizations of such schools, within the service delivery area. (3) The remaining members of the council shall be selected from individuals recommended by interested organizations. Labor representatives shall be recommended by recognized State and local labor organizations or appropriate building trades councils. (d)(1) In any case in which there is only one unit of general local government with experience in administering job training programs within the service delivery area, the chief elected official of that unit shall appoint members to the council from the individuals nominated or recommended under subsection (c). (2) In any case in which there are two or more such units of general local government in the service delivery area, the chief elected officials of such units shall appoint members to the council from the individuals so nominated or recommended in accordance with an agreement entered into by such units of general local government. In the absence of such an agreement, the appointments shall be made by the Governor from the individuals so nominated or recommended. (e) The initial number of members of the council shall be determined— (1) by the chief elected official in the case described in subsection (d)(l), (2) by the chief elected officials in accordance with the agreement in the case described in subsection (d)(2), or (3) by the Governor in the absence of such agreement. Thereafter, the number of members of the council shall be determined by the council.

Chairman.

Private sector representatives.

Definitions.

Education representatives.

Chief elected official.

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