118 STAT. 1716 PUBLIC LAW 108–364—OCT. 25, 2004 ‘‘(III) coordinating efforts related to the active, timely, and meaningful participation by individ uals with disabilities and their family members, guardians, advocates, or authorized representa tives, and other appropriate individuals, with respect to activities carried out through the grant. ‘‘(B) IMPLEMENTING ENTITY.—The Governor may des ignate an agency, office, or other entity to carry out State activities under this section (referred to in this section as the ‘implementing entity’), if such implementing entity is different from the lead agency. The implementing agency shall carry out responsibilities under this Act through a subcontract or another administrative agreement with the lead agency. ‘‘(C) CHANGE IN AGENCY OR ENTITY.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On obtaining the approval of the Secretary, the Governor may redesignate the lead agency, or the implementing entity, if the Governor shows to the Secretary good cause why the entity des ignated as the lead agency, or the implementing entity, respectively, should not serve as that agency or entity, respectively. The Governor shall make the showing in the application described in subsection (d). ‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the Governor of a State to change the lead agency or implementing entity of the State to an agency other than the lead agency or implementing entity of such State as of the date of enactment of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004. ‘‘(2) ADVISORY COUNCIL.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be established an advisory council to provide consumer responsive, consumer driven advice to the State for, planning of, implementation of, and evaluation of the activities carried out through the grant, including setting the measurable goals described in subsection (d)(3). ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION AND REPRESENTATION.— ‘‘(i) COMPOSITION.—The advisory council shall be composed of— ‘‘(I) individuals with disabilities that use assistive technology or the family members or guardians of the individuals; ‘‘(II) a representative of the designated State agency, as defined in section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705) and the State agency for individuals who are blind (within the meaning of section 101 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 721)), if such agency is separate; ‘‘(III) a representative of a State center for independent living described in part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.); ‘‘(IV) a representative of the State workforce investment board established under section 111 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2821); Establishment.
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