§ 230. Economic development regions. 1. The department shall establish economic development regions of the state and shall establish within each region at least one regional office.

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2. The boundaries of regions shall be based on factors including, but not limited to: (a) interdependence and commonality of economic and social interests; (b) previous cooperation in economic development related matters; (c) intraregional commuting and transportation patterns; (d) geographic proximity to and dependence on centers of employment and economic opportunity, population concentration and markets; (e) unifying topographic characteristics; (f) labor markets; and (g) geographic size.