                                 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 &#xA7; 15.2-4213
and other state or federal law or regulation;

8. To conduct strategic planning for the region as required by &#xA7;&#xA7;
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.