[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]