CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL DUTIES OF PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSIONS (§ 15.2-4208)

Planning district commissions shall have the following duties and authority:

   1.  To conduct studies on issues and problems of regional significance;

   2.  To identify and study potential opportunities for state and local cost
   savings and staffing efficiencies through coordinated governmental efforts;

   3.  To identify mechanisms for the coordination of state and local interests
   on a regional basis;

   4.  To implement services upon request of member localities;

   5.  To provide technical assistance to state government and member localities;

   6.  To serve as a liaison between localities and state agencies as requested;

   7.  To review local government aid applications as required by § 15.2-4213
   and other state or federal law or regulation;

   8.  To conduct strategic planning for the region as required by §§ 15.2-4209
   through 15.2-4212;

   9.  To develop regional functional area plans as deemed necessary by the
   commission or as requested by member localities;

   10.  To assist state agencies, as requested, in the development of substate
   plans;

   11.  To participate in a statewide geographic information system, the Virginia
   Geographic Information Network, as directed by the Department of Planning and
   Budget; and

   12.  To collect and maintain demographic, economic and other data concerning
   the region and member localities, and act as a state data center affiliate in
   cooperation with the Virginia Employment Commission.

HISTORY: 1995, cc. 732, 796, § 15.1-1405.1; 1997, c. 587; 1998, cc. 668, 686.