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[CITE: 29USC2944]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                CHAPTER 30--WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 2944. Continuation of State activities and policies


(a) In general

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary 
may not deny approval of a State plan for a covered State, or an 
application of a covered State for financial assistance, under this 
chapter or find a covered State (including a State board or Governor), 
or a local area (including a local board or chief elected official) in a 
covered State, in violation of a provision of this chapter, on the basis 
that--
        (1)(A) the State proposes to allocate or disburse, allocates, or 
    disburses, within the State, funds made available to the State under 
    section 2852 or 2862 of this title in accordance with the allocation 
    formula for the type of activities involved, or in accordance with a 
    disbursal procedure or process, used by the State under prior 
    consistent State laws; or
        (B) a local board in the State proposes to disburse, or 
    disburses, within the local area, funds made available to a State 
    under section 2852 or 2862 of this title in accordance with a 
    disbursal procedure or process used by a private industry council 
    under prior consistent State law;
        (2) the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State 
    procedure through which local areas use, as fiscal agents for funds 
    made available to the State under section 2852 or 2862 of this title 
    and allocated within the State, fiscal agents selected in accordance 
    with a process established under prior consistent State laws;
        (3) the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State 
    procedure through which the local board in the State (or the local 
    boards, the chief elected officials in the State, and the Governor) 
    designate or select the one-stop partners and one-stop operators of 
    the statewide system in the State under prior consistent State laws, 
    in lieu of making the designation, or certification described in 
    section 2841 of this title (regardless of the date the one-stop 
    delivery systems involved have been established);
        (4) the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State 
    procedure through which the persons responsible for selecting 
    eligible providers for purposes of subchapter II of this chapter are 
    permitted to determine that a provider shall not be selected to 
    provide both intake services under section 2864(d)(2) of this title 
    and training services under section 2864(d)(4) of this title, under 
    prior consistent State laws;
        (5) the State proposes to designate or designates a State board, 
    or proposes to assign or assigns functions and roles of the State 
    board (including determining the time periods for development and 
    submission of a State plan required under section 2822 of this 
    title), for purposes of subchapter II of this chapter in accordance 
    with prior consistent State laws; or
        (6) a local board in the State proposes to use or carry out, 
    uses, or carries out a local plan (including assigning functions and 
    roles of the local board) for purposes of subchapter II of this 
    chapter in accordance with the authorities and requirements 
    applicable to local plans and private industry councils under prior 
    consistent State laws.

(b) Definition

    In this section:

                          (1) Covered State

        The term ``covered State'' means a State that enacted State laws 
    described in paragraph (2).

                   (2) Prior consistent State laws

        The term ``prior consistent State laws'' means State laws, not 
    inconsistent with the Job Training Partnership Act or any other 
    applicable Federal law, that took effect on September 1, 1993, 
    September 1, 1995, and September 1, 1997.

(Pub. L. 105-220, title I, Sec. 194, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1056.)

                       References in Text

    The Job Training Partnership Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is 
Pub. L. 97-300, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1322, as amended, which was 
classified generally to chapter 19 (Sec. 1501 et seq.) of this title, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-220, title I, Sec. 199(b)(2), Aug. 7, 
1998, 112 Stat. 1059, effective July 1, 2000.
