(a) Assistant Secretary shall mean Assistant Secretary for
Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor.
(b) Civil jurisdiction shall mean:
(1) Cities of 25,000 or more population on the basis of the most
recently available Bureau of the Census estimates; or
(2) Towns and townships in the States of New Jersey, New York,
Michigan, and Pennsylvania of 25,000 or more population and which
possess
powers and functions similar to cities; or
(3) All counties, except those counties which contain any of the
types of political jurisdictions defined in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2)
of this section; or
(4) All other counties are defined as ``balance of county'' (i.e.,
total county less component cities and townships identified in
paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this section); or
(5) County equivalents which are towns in the States of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
(c) Labor surplus area shall mean a civil jurisdiction that, in
accordance with the criteria specified in Sec. 654.5, has been
classified as a labor surplus area.
(d) Reference period shall mean the two year period ending December
31 of the year prior to the October 1 annual date of eligibility
determination.
[44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, as amended at 44 FR 26071, May 5, 1979; 48 FR
15616, Apr. 12, 1983; 53 FR 23347, June 21, 1988]
