For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) “California Occupational Information System” means the statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and demand information system described by Section 10530 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(b) “State-Local Cooperative Labor Market Information program” means that labor market information system established in Section 10533 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(c) “Job market study” means a review of the existing educational programs in light of available labor market information, including occupational supply and demand, for a labor market area.
(d) “Labor market area” means a county or aggregation of counties designated by the Employment Development Department that has one or more central core cities and that meets criteria of population, population density, commute patterns, and social and economic integration specified by the Employment Development Department.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 208, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)