112 STAT. 954 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 (b) SMALL STATES. —The Governor of any State that was a single State service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act as of July 1, 1998, may designate the State as a single State local area for the purposes of this title. In the case of such a designation, the Governor shall identify the State as a local area under section 112(b)(5). (c) REGIONAL PLANNING AND COOPERATION.— (1) PLANNING. —As part of the process for developing the State plan, a State may require regional planning by local boards for a designated region in the State. The State may require the local boards for a designated region to participate in a regional planning process that results in the establishment of regional performance measures for workforce investment activities authorized under this subtitle. The State may award regional incentive grants to the designated regions that meet or exceed the regional performance measures. (2) INFORMATION SHARING.—The State may require the local boards for a designated region to share, in feasible cases, employment statistics, information about employment opportunities and trends, and other types of information that would assist in improving the performance of stll local areas in the designated region on local performance measures. (3) COORDINATION OF SERVICES.— The State may require the local boards for a designated region to coordinate the provision of workforce investment activities authorized under this subtitle, including the provision of transportation and other supportive services, so that services provided through the activities may be provided across the boundaries of local areas within the designated region. (4) INTERSTATE REGIONS. — Two or more States that contain an interstate region that is a labor market area, economic development region, or other appropriate contiguous subarea of the States may designate the area as a designated region for purposes of this subsection, and jointly exercise the State functions described in paragraphs (1) through (3). (5) DEFINITIONS.— In this subsection: (A) DESIGNATED REGION. — The term "designated region" means a combination of local areas that are partly or completely in a single labor msirket area, economic development region, or other appropriate contiguous subarea of a State, that is designated by the State, except as provided in paragraph (4). (B) LOCAL BOARD FOR A DESIGNATED REGION. —The term "local board for a designated region" means a local board for a local area in a designated region. 29 USC 2832. SEC. 117. LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. — There shall be established in each local area of a State, and certified by the Governor of the State, a locEd workforce investment board, to set policy for the portion of the statewide workforce investment system within the local area (referred to in this title as a "local workforce investment system"). (b) MEMBERSHIP. — (1) STATE CRITERIA.— The Governor of the State, in partnership with the State board, shall establish criteria for use by chief elected officials in the local sireas for appointment of
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