§226-55  Functional plans; preparation. 
(a)  The state agency head primarily responsible for a given functional area
shall prepare the functional plan for the area.  In the preparation of the
functional plan, the state agency head shall work in close cooperation with the
advisory committee, respective officials, and people of each county.  In the
formulation of the functional plan, the preparing agency shall solicit public
views and concerns.  The formulation and revision of a state functional plan
shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall take into
consideration the county general plans.  Functional plans and any revisions
thereto shall be approved by the governor to serve as guidelines for funding
and implementation by state and county agencies.



(b)  The functional plan shall identify
priority issues in the functional area and shall contain objectives, policies,
and implementing actions to address those priority issues.  Actions may include
organizational or management initiatives, facility or physical infrastructure
development initiatives, initiatives for programs and services, or legislative
proposals.



(c)  For each functional plan, the governor
shall establish an advisory committee, where an advisory body which meets the
criteria set out hereunder is not already in existence, whose membership shall
be composed of at least one public official from each county to be nominated by
the mayor of each county; members of the public; experts in the field for which
a functional plan is being prepared; and state officials.  The governor shall
request the nominations from each of the respective mayors and shall appoint
the public official nominated by the mayor of the respective county to serve on
the advisory committee.  If the nominations of county officials by a mayor are
not submitted to the governor within sixty days following the date of the
governor's request for such nominations, the governor shall appoint at least
one public official from that county to serve on the advisory committee without
nominations from that mayor.  The committee shall advise the state agency in
preparing, implementing, monitoring, and updating the functional plan to be in
conformance with the overall theme, goals, objectives, policies, and priority
guidelines contained within this chapter.  The draft functional plan shall be
submitted to relevant federal, state, and county agencies for review and
input.  The advisory committee shall serve as a permanent advisory body to the
state agency responsible for preparing each respective functional plan.  The
terms of members from the public and experts in the field for which a
functional plan is prepared shall be for four years.  Each term shall commence
on July 1 and expire on June 30.  No member from the public or expert
in the field shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms.  These
appointments shall not be subject to senate confirmation, and shall be exempt
from sections 26-34(a) and 78-4(a) regarding the appointment to boards and
commissions. [L 1978, c 100, pt of §2; am L 1980, c 225, §2; am L 1984, c 236,
§8 and c 237, §2; am L 1985, c 44, §2; am L 1987, c 336, §4(7); am and ren L
1991, c 76, pt of §1]