NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1144

HOUSE BILL 483

AN ACT WITH RESPECT TO STATE AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-337(b) is amended by striking from lines six and seven of that subsection the words "Long-Range" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "State and Regional".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-341(6) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(6)      State and regional planning:

a.         To assist the Director of the Budget in reviewing the capital improvements needs and requests of all State agencies, and in preparing a coordinated biennial capital improvements budget and longer range capital improvements programs.

b.         In cooperation with State agencies and other public and private agencies, to collect, analyze, and keep up to date a comprehensive collection of economic and social data pertinent to state planning, which shall be available to State and local governmental agencies and private agencies.

c.         To coordinate and review all planning activity relative to Federal Government requirements for general state-wide or regional comprehensive program planning.

d.         To make economic analyses, studies, and projections and to advise the Governor on courses of action desirable for the maintenance of a sound economy.

e.         To encourage and assist in the development of the planning process within State and local governmental agencies.

f.          To assist State agencies by providing them with basic information and technical assistance needed in preparing their short-range and long-range programs.

g.         To develop and maintain liaison and cooperative arrangements with federal, interstate, state, and private agencies and organizations in the interest of obtaining information and assistance with respect to state and regional planning.

h.         To develop and maintain a comprehensive plan for the development of the State, representing the coordinated efforts and contributions of all participating planning groups.

i.          In cooperation with the counties, the cities and towns, the federal government, multi-state commissions and private agencies and organizations, to develop a system of multi-county, regional planning districts to cover the entire State, and to assist in preparing for those districts comprehensive development plans coordinated with the comprehensive development plan for the State."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1969.