PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978
92 STAT. 1917
" TITLE I—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ^ "PART A—ORGANIZATIONAL PROVISIONS u. PRIME SPONSORS
"SEC. 101. (a) A prime sponsor under this Act shall be—
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"(IJ a State; " (2) a unit of general local government which has a population of 100,000 or more persons on the basis of the most satisfactory current data available to the Secretary; " (3) any consortium of units of general local government which
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i includes any unit of general local government qualifying under
paragraph (2); ( " (4) any unit of general local government or any consortium of such units, without regard to population, which, in exceptional £ circumstances, and after consultation with appropriate State and local officials, is determined by the Secretary— " (A)(i) to serve a substantial portion of a functioning labor market area, or (ii) to be a rural area having a high level of unemployment; and "(B) to have demonstrated (i) that it has the capability for '> ' adequately carrying out programs under this Act, (ii) that there is a special need for services within the area to be served, and (iii) that it will carry out such programs and services in such area as effectively as any larger unit of general local government in the jurisdiction of which it is located or as the State; " (5) a limited number of existing concentrated employment program grantees serving rural areas having a high level of unemployment which the Secretary determines have special capabilities for carrying out programs in such areas and are designated by the Secretary for that purpose; and '^ "(6) any unit of general local government previously designated as a prime sponsor under the provisions of this Act (as in effect prior to the effective date of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments of 1978), regardless of a Ante, p. 1909. population decline below 100,000 persons, which the Secretary certifies has demonstrated its effectiveness in, and continues to have the capability for, adequately carrying out programs under this Act. "(b)(1) A State shall not qualify as a prime sponsor for any geographical area within the jurisdiction of any prime sponsor described in paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (a) unless such prime sponsor has not submitted an approvable comprehensive employment and training plan for such area. " (2) A larger unit of general local government shall not qualify as a prime sponsor with respect to the jurisdiction within its area of any smaller eligible unit of general local government unless such smaller unit has not submitted an approvable comprehensive employment and training plan for such area. "(c) An applicant shall submit to the Secretary a notice of intent Notice, to be a prime sponsor for a fiscal year by such date as the Secretary shall prescribe. The Secretary shall designate as a prime sponsor any
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