AN ACT to modify the duties of the Northeastern Workforce Development Board.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  This act applies to the Northeastern Workforce Development Board serving Dare, Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties only.

SECTION 2.  G.S. 143B‑438.11 reads as rewritten:

§ 143B‑438.11.  Local Workforce Development Boards.

(a)        Duties. – Local Workforce Development Boards shall have the following powers and duties:

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(7a)      To designate through a competitive selection process, designate, by no later than July 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the providers of adult and dislocated worker services authorized in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

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SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.