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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-14-2. Authorization to develop and facilitate state workforce programs; enforcement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-14-2. Authorization to develop and facilitate state workforce programs; enforcement.

(a) The State Workforce Development Board is hereby authorized to develop and facilitate the workforce programs in this state. A local workforce development area’s chief local elected official may designate a local fiscal agent or a grant recipient which shall be either a municipal government, county government, consolidated government, or regional commission located within the physical boundaries of the local workforce development area and who shall be approved by the State Workforce Development Board in a procedure established through rule.

(b) The State Workforce Development Board may enforce the provisions of this chapter and the applicable federal law if the provisions of either are violated.

## History

Code 1981, § 34-14-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 109, § 2/SB 377.