[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR302.4]

[Page 486]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
CHAPTER III--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 302--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS; STANDARDS FOR DESIGNATION, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 302.4  District organization functions and responsibilities.

    (a) All Economic Development District organizations are responsible 
for seeing that the following are provided on a continuing basis, 
consistent with the requirements of Sec. 302.3:
    (1) Organizational actions, including:
    (i) Arranging the legal form of organization which will be used;
    (ii) Arranging for the membership of the governing body to meet 
Sec. 302.3 requirements;
    (iii) Recruiting staff to carry out the economic development 
functions;
    (iv) Establishing a management system;
    (v) The inclusion of private citizens who are not officials of or 
employees appointed by the officials of a general purpose unit of local 
government;
    (vi) Contracting for services to carry out district functions;
    (vii) Establishing and directing activities of economic development 
subcommittees; and
    (viii) Submitting reports as determined by EDA to comply with civil 
rights requirements under part 317 of this chapter.
    (2) Actions to develop and maintain the required district strategy, 
and any subsequent supplements or revisions, including:
    (i) Preparing the analytic, strategic and implementation components 
of the strategy;
    (ii) Adopting the strategy by formal action of the Economic 
Development District governing board;
    (iii) Submitting the strategy, any supplements or revisions and 
annual reports for reviews by appropriate governmental bodies and 
interested organized groups, and attaching dissenting opinions and 
comments received; and
    (iv) Submitting to EDA an approvable strategy.
    (b) District organizations receiving EDA financial assistance for 
the development and implementation of Comprehensive Economic Development 
Strategies must also:
    (1) Coordinate and implement economic development activities in the 
district, including:
    (i) Assisting other eligible units within the district to apply for 
grant assistance for economic development purposes;
    (ii) Carrying out economic development related research, planning, 
implementation and advisory functions as are necessary to the 
development and implementation of the strategy;
    (2) Coordinate the development and implementation of the strategy 
with other local, State, Federal and private organizations (including 
minority organizations);
    (3) Carry out the annual strategy for implementation; and
    (4) Comply with the requirements of part 303 of this chapter.

[64 FR 5355, Feb. 3, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 69874, Dec. 14, 1999; 65 
FR 71024, Nov. 28, 2000]