Powers, duties and functions of development office generally.
(a) The Alabama Development Office shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Alabama Development Office shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the state Planning and Industrial Development Board. All the functions, powers, authority and duties relative to carrying on a planning program for the promotion of the commercial and industrial development of the state and the counties and the municipalities thereof, including the preparation of a state master plan, as well as the authority to provide an assistance program to regions, counties and municipalities in the preparation of comprehensive physical plans for such regions, counties and municipalities vested by Sections 41-9-180 through 41-9-184 in the state Planning and Industrial Development Board, are confirmed, continued, transferred to and hereafter shall be vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment and personnel of the state Planning and Industrial Development board are also hereby transferred to the Alabama Development Office.
(b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the Alabama program development office, created by executive order of the Governor number 2, dated July 17, 1968, are confirmed, continued, transferred to and hereafter shall be vested in the Alabama Development Office created by this article. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment and personnel of the Alabama program development office heretofore created by executive order of the Governor are hereby transferred to the Alabama Development Office.
(c) Without in any way limiting the foregoing general powers and duties, the Alabama development office shall have the following additional powers and duties:
(1) To formulate a long-range state comprehensive plan, to be submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for its consideration;
(2) To formulate, for approval by the Governor and the Legislature, long-range plans and policies for the orderly and coordinated growth of the state, including, but not limited to, functional plans;
(3) To prepare special reports and make available the results of the agency's research, studies and other activities through publications, memoranda, briefings and expert testimony;
(4) To analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship of activities, capabilities and future plans of local units of government, area commissions, development districts, private enterprise and the state and federal governments;
(5) To encourage the coordination of the planning and programming activities of all state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government and other public and private bodies within the state;
(6) To advise and consult with regional, county and local planning and development agencies;
(7) To work with the state budget agency and other state departments, agencies and institutions to study and review plans, programs and federal aid applications filed with the federal government;
(8) To survey, review and appraise the accomplishments of state government in achieving its goals and objectives at the direction of the Governor and in cooperation with the state budget agency;
(9) To apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions and any other form of assistance from the federal government, the state or other public body or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this article and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as it may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this article;
(10) To review and comment on all local and areawide applications for federal planning assistance or to delegate such authority to a regional planning and development commission; and
(11) To exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its duties, including the promulgation of reasonable rules and regulations.
(d) The Alabama Development Office is hereby authorized to make grants from appropriations to regional planning and development commissions which are certified to receive such grants by the Governor under the provisions of Sections 11-85-50 through 11-85-55.
Powers, duties and functions of development office generally.
(a) The Alabama Development Office shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Alabama Development Office shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the state Planning and Industrial Development Board. All the functions, powers, authority and duties relative to carrying on a planning program for the promotion of the commercial and industrial development of the state and the counties and the municipalities thereof, including the preparation of a state master plan, as well as the authority to provide an assistance program to regions, counties and municipalities in the preparation of comprehensive physical plans for such regions, counties and municipalities vested by Sections 41-9-180 through 41-9-184 in the state Planning and Industrial Development Board, are confirmed, continued, transferred to and hereafter shall be vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment and personnel of the state Planning and Industrial Development board are also hereby transferred to the Alabama Development Office.
(b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the Alabama program development office, created by executive order of the Governor number 2, dated July 17, 1968, are confirmed, continued, transferred to and hereafter shall be vested in the Alabama Development Office created by this article. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment and personnel of the Alabama program development office heretofore created by executive order of the Governor are hereby transferred to the Alabama Development Office.
(c) Without in any way limiting the foregoing general powers and duties, the Alabama development office shall have the following additional powers and duties:
(1) To formulate a long-range state comprehensive plan, to be submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for its consideration;
(2) To formulate, for approval by the Governor and the Legislature, long-range plans and policies for the orderly and coordinated growth of the state, including, but not limited to, functional plans;
(3) To prepare special reports and make available the results of the agency's research, studies and other activities through publications, memoranda, briefings and expert testimony;
(4) To analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship of activities, capabilities and future plans of local units of government, area commissions, development districts, private enterprise and the state and federal governments;
(5) To encourage the coordination of the planning and programming activities of all state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government and other public and private bodies within the state;
(6) To advise and consult with regional, county and local planning and development agencies;
(7) To work with the state budget agency and other state departments, agencies and institutions to study and review plans, programs and federal aid applications filed with the federal government;
(8) To survey, review and appraise the accomplishments of state government in achieving its goals and objectives at the direction of the Governor and in cooperation with the state budget agency;
(9) To apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions and any other form of assistance from the federal government, the state or other public body or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this article and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as it may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this article;
(10) To review and comment on all local and areawide applications for federal planning assistance or to delegate such authority to a regional planning and development commission; and
(11) To exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its duties, including the promulgation of reasonable rules and regulations.
(d) The Alabama Development Office is hereby authorized to make grants from appropriations to regional planning and development commissions which are certified to receive such grants by the Governor under the provisions of Sections 11-85-50 through 11-85-55.
Powers, duties and functions of development office generally.
(a) The Alabama Development Office shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Alabama Development Office shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the state Planning and Industrial Development Board. All the functions, powers, authority and duties relative to carrying on a planning program for the promotion of the commercial and industrial development of the state and the counties and the municipalities thereof, including the preparation of a state master plan, as well as the authority to provide an assistance program to regions, counties and municipalities in the preparation of comprehensive physical plans for such regions, counties and municipalities vested by Sections 41-9-180 through 41-9-184 in the state Planning and Industrial Development Board, are confirmed, continued, transferred to and hereafter shall be vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment and personnel of the state Planning and Industrial Development board are also hereby transferred to the Alabama Development Office.
(b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the Alabama program development office, created by executive order of the Governor number 2, dated July 17, 1968, are confirmed, continued, transferred to and hereafter shall be vested in the Alabama Development Office created by this article. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment and personnel of the Alabama program development office heretofore created by executive order of the Governor are hereby transferred to the Alabama Development Office.
(c) Without in any way limiting the foregoing general powers and duties, the Alabama development office shall have the following additional powers and duties:
(1) To formulate a long-range state comprehensive plan, to be submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for its consideration;
(2) To formulate, for approval by the Governor and the Legislature, long-range plans and policies for the orderly and coordinated growth of the state, including, but not limited to, functional plans;
(3) To prepare special reports and make available the results of the agency's research, studies and other activities through publications, memoranda, briefings and expert testimony;
(4) To analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship of activities, capabilities and future plans of local units of government, area commissions, development districts, private enterprise and the state and federal governments;
(5) To encourage the coordination of the planning and programming activities of all state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government and other public and private bodies within the state;
(6) To advise and consult with regional, county and local planning and development agencies;
(7) To work with the state budget agency and other state departments, agencies and institutions to study and review plans, programs and federal aid applications filed with the federal government;
(8) To survey, review and appraise the accomplishments of state government in achieving its goals and objectives at the direction of the Governor and in cooperation with the state budget agency;
(9) To apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions and any other form of assistance from the federal government, the state or other public body or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this article and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as it may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this article;
(10) To review and comment on all local and areawide applications for federal planning assistance or to delegate such authority to a regional planning and development commission; and
(11) To exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its duties, including the promulgation of reasonable rules and regulations.
(d) The Alabama Development Office is hereby authorized to make grants from appropriations to regional planning and development commissions which are certified to receive such grants by the Governor under the provisions of Sections 11-85-50 through 11-85-55.
