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G;i0 4. DESIGNATION OF CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA The member units shall elect from among themselves a Chief Elected Official, who shall be authorized to exercise the functions of the Local Workforce Investment Area chief elected official required under the Workforce Investment Act. The LA Chief Elected Official shall serve for a term of two years, or until a successor shall have been duly elected by the member units, commencing on July 1 of the then existing calendar year and ending on June 30 of the two year hence calendar year. ARTICLE IV. DURATION This agreement will become effective on the date of the last chief elected official's signature and shall continue in effect until the Local Workforce Investment Area is re-designated by the Governor of North Carolina or by termination of this Agreement by a member unit of government as provided for in Article XI. ARTICLE V. ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS The member units will comply with the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act and all other applicable federal regulations, the statutes of the State of North Carolina, and written directives and instructions relevant to Local Workforce Investment Area operation from the Governor of North Carolina or his/her • designee. ARTICLE VI. FINANCING 1. It is anticipated that funding necessary to implement this agreement will be derived from federal and state grant funds received through the Governor 2. The units of local government acknowledge that they are jointly and severally accountable for liabilities arising out of activities under the Workforce Investment Act and all funds received by the Local Workforce Investment Area pursuant to the above. Liability includes, but is not limited to, responsibility for prompt repayment from nonprogram funds of any disallowed costs by the administrative entity of the Local Area, or any of its subrecipients or contractors, or the Workforce Development Board. 3. As between the member units themselves, liability shall be apportioned as follows- A. To the extent that one or more (but not all) of the member units can be identified as benefiting from funds, the expenditure of which is disallowed for any reason, said unit or units of government shall be liable for the repayment of such funds B. To the extent that one or more of the member units cannot be identified • as the benefiting unit or units of the funds in question, any disallowed expenditure shall be divided among the member units on a pro rata basis,