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[TITLE 63. Table of Contents]
[CHAPTER 38d. Table of Contents]
63-38d-401 Planning duties of the planning coordinator and office.
(1) The state planning coordinator shall:
(a) act as the governor's adviser on state, regional, metropolitan, and local governmental planning matters relating to public improvements and land use;
(b) counsel with the authorized representatives of the Department of Transportation, the State Building Board, the Department of Health, the Department of Workforce Services, the Labor Commission, the Department of Natural Resources, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, and other proper persons concerning all state planning matters;
(c) when designated to do so by the governor, receive funds made available to Utah by the federal government;
(d) receive and review plans of the various state agencies and political subdivisions relating to public improvements and programs;
(e) when conflicts occur between the plans and proposals of state agencies, prepare specific recommendations for the resolution of the conflicts and submit the recommendations to the governor for a decision resolving the conflict;
(f) when conflicts occur between the plans and proposals of a state agency and a political subdivision or between two or more political subdivisions, advise these entities of the conflict and make specific recommendations for the resolution of the conflict;
(g) act as the governor's planning agent in planning public improvements and land use and, in this capacity, undertake special studies and investigations;
(h) provide information and cooperate with the Legislature or any of its committees in conducting planning studies;
(i) cooperate and exchange information with federal agencies and local, metropolitan, or regional agencies as necessary to assist with federal, state, regional, metropolitan, and local programs; and
(j) make recommendations to the governor that the planning coordinator considers advisable for the proper development and coordination of plans for state government and political subdivisions.
(2) The state planning coordinator may:
(a) perform regional and state planning and assist city, county, metropolitan, regional, and state government planning agencies in performing local, metropolitan, regional, and state planning; and
(b) provide planning assistance to Indian tribes regarding planning for Indian reservations.
(3) (a) The state planning coordinator may prepare plans, programs, or processes, and coordinate the development of policies concerning the use of public lands in Utah to promote maximum recognition of state and local interest in the federal land use management process.
(b) The state planning coordinator shall:
(i) develop all state policies, plans, programs, or processes in cooperation with appropriate state agencies and political subdivisions by coordinating the development of positions through the Resource Development Coordinating Committee; and
(ii) solicit public comment through the Resource Development Coordinating Committee.
(4) Nothing contained in this section may be construed
to restrict the planning powers conferred upon state departments,
agencies, or instrumentalities of the state or political
subdivisions by any other existing law.
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