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Issue <br />Description <br />(C) Allocation for Territories and the District of Columbia Only The <br />allocation of Public Funds within a Territory or the District of Columbia <br />will be determined by its local legislative body [within one year of the <br />Agreement Date ], unless that legislative body is not in session, in which <br />case, the allocation of Public Funds shall be distributed pursuant to the <br />direction of the Territory's or District of Columbia's executive, in <br />consultation — to the extent applicable — with its Government Participation <br />Mechanism [within ninety (90) days of the Agreement Date <br />& GOVERNMENT <br />In each Non -SAA State, as defined in 7(l) above., there shall'be a process, <br />PARTICIPATION <br />preferably pre-existing, whereby the State shall-allocate/funds under the <br />MECHANISM <br />Regional Distribution mechanism only,after meningfullyconsulting with <br />its respective Local Governments.,Eac\such1State shall identify its <br />mechanism (whether be it a ouncal\board committeeecommission, <br />taskforce, or other efficient and transparent,sttructure) for consulting with <br />its respective Local Governments (the "Government Participation <br />Mechanism" or "GPM "),in a not e ;filed with the Bankruptcy Court <br />identifying what GPM has been formed and describing the participation of <br />its Local Governments in connection therewith.,./States may combine these <br />notices into one or more notices for filing with the Bankruptcy Court. <br />These notices"are reviewable by the Bankruptcy Court upon the motion of <br />any Local Government in that State asserting that no GPM has been <br />formed; <br />Goveninm t Participati Mechanisms shall conform to the following: <br />( <br />(A) C o`sa'tion\For each State, <br />�he. State,on the one hand, and State's Local Governments, <br />\a. <br />on the other hand, shall have equal representation on a <br />GPM; <br />\\ <br />b. Local Government representation on a GPM shall be <br />weighted in favor of the Standard Regions but can include <br />' <br />representation from the State's Qualifying Block Grantees; <br />c. the GPM will be chaired by a non-voting Chairperson <br />' <br />appointed by the State; <br />d. Groups formed by the States' executive or legislature may <br />be used as a GPM, provided that the group has equal <br />' <br />representation by the State and the State's Local <br />Governments. 18 <br />Appointees should possess experience, expertise and education <br />with respect to public health, substance abuse, and other related <br />Territory and DC provisions to be discussed <br />�$ Additional potential terms: mechanism for state and local appointment; duration of term, reimbursement of <br />expenses. <br />4812-5294-4831.v 1 1 1 100 <br />