                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR; OVERSIGHT OF PLANNING DISTRICT
COMMISSIONS (§ 36-139.6)

The Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development shall have
the following powers and duties relating to oversight of planning district
commissions:

1. To recommend to the Governor the level of state general appropriation funding
for each planning district commission, taking into consideration the minimum
funding level necessary for operation, the population of each district, and
other factors considered appropriate;

2. To distribute state general appropriation funding to planning district
commissions consistent with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 42
(&#xA7; 15.2-4200 et seq.) of Title 15.2;

3. To administer the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund in accordance with
&#xA7; 15.2-4217;

4. To provide technical assistance to planning district commissions regarding
regional approaches to area-wide problems. Assistance may be initiated by the
Department, individual local governments, or planning district commissions;

5. To require the submission of annual programmatic and financial information by
each planning district commission in a format prescribed by the Director;

6. To prepare a biennial report to the Governor and the General Assembly which
identifies the activities and other information deemed appropriate by the
Director concerning planning district commissions, including findings as to
planning district commissions which are not complying with Chapter 42 (&#xA7;
15.2-4200 et seq.) of Title 15.2. Copies of the biennial report shall also be
sent to the Commission on Local Government, Department of Small Business and
Supplier Diversity, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of
Environmental Quality, Department of Planning and Budget, Department of
Transportation, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and others upon
request; and

7. To establish the Virginia Planning District Commission Council made up of the
chairman or designated representative from each planning district commission to
advise Department staff on programs, rules and regulations for the planning
district commissions. Technical committees of planning district commission
staff, state and local agency staff, and private sector individuals as needed,
may be created.

HISTORY: 1995, cc. 732, 796; 1996, cc. 589, 590, 598, 599; 2013, c. 482.