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[CITE: 15USC1355]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                  CHAPTER 37--STATE TECHNICAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 1355. Conditions precedent to acceptance of plans and 
        programs for review and approval by Secretary
        
    The Secretary shall not accept the five-year plan of a State for 
review and approval under this chapter unless the Governor of the State 
or his designee determines and certifies that the plan is consistent 
with State policies and objectives; and the Secretary shall not accept 
an annual technical services program for review and approval under this 
chapter unless the designated agency has, as certified thereto by the 
Governor or his designee--
        (a) invited all qualified institutions in the State to submit 
    proposals for providing technical services under the chapter;
        (b) coordinated its programs with other States and with other 
    publicly supported activities within the State, as appropriate;
        (c) established adequate rules to insure that no officer or 
    employee of the State, the designated agency, or any participating 
    institution, shall receive compensation for technical services he 
    performs, for which funds are provided under this chapter, from 
    sources other than his employer, and shall not otherwise maintain 
    any private interest in conflict with his public responsibility;
        (d) determined that matching funds will be available from State 
    or other non-Federal sources;
        (e) determined that such technical services program does not 
    provide a service which on the date of such certification is 
    economically and readily available in such State from private 
    technical services, professional consultants, or private 
    institutions;
        (f) planned no services specially related to a particular firm 
    or company, public work, or other capital project except insofar as 
    the services are of general concern to the industry and commerce of 
    the community, State, or region;
        (g) provided for making public all reports prepared in the 
    course of furnishing technical services supported under this chapter 
    or for making them available at cost to any person on request.

(Pub. L. 89-182, Sec. 5, Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 681.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1356, 1357 of this title.
