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Chapter 462
Section 462.39
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462.39 POWERS AND DUTIES.
Subdivision 1. General powers. The commission shall have and exercise all powers which
may be necessary or convenient to enable it to perform and carry out the duties and responsibilities
of sections 462.381 to 462.398 or which may hereafter be imposed upon it by law. Such powers
include the specific powers enumerated in this section. The commission is an instrumentality of
the state for purposes of section 297A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3.
Subd. 2. Regional programs. The commission is authorized to receive public and private
funds for purposes including, but not limited to program administration, multicounty planning,
coordination, and development.
Subd. 3. Planning. The commission may prepare and submit for adoption, after appropriate
study and such public hearings as may be necessary, comprehensive plans for local units
of government, individually or collectively, within the region. Plans may consist of policy
statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps prescribing guides for orderly development
within the jurisdiction subject to the plan. The plans shall recognize and incorporate planning
principles which encompass physical, social, or economic needs of the region. In preparing
development plans the commission shall use to the maximum extent feasible the resources
studies and data available from other planning agencies within the region, including counties,
municipalities, special districts, and subregional planning agencies, and it shall utilize the
resources of state agencies to the same purpose.
Subd. 4. Comprehensive planning. The creation of a regional development commission
does not affect the right of counties or municipalities to conduct subregional or district planning
under sections 462.371 to 462.375 or 471.59. It is the purpose of sections 462.381 to 462.398 to
encourage local and subdistrict planning capability and the regional commission shall as far as
practical use the data, resources, and input of the local planning agencies.
History: 1969 c 1122 s 10; 1973 c 589 s 1; 1978 c 786 s 18; 1981 c 356 s 229,230; 1983 c
289 s 115 subd 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 57; 1997 c 231 art 12 s 12,13; 2000 c 418 art 1 s 44
Subdivision 1. General powers. The commission shall have and exercise all powers which
may be necessary or convenient to enable it to perform and carry out the duties and responsibilities
of sections 462.381 to 462.398 or which may hereafter be imposed upon it by law. Such powers
include the specific powers enumerated in this section. The commission is an instrumentality of
the state for purposes of section 297A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3.
Subd. 2. Regional programs. The commission is authorized to receive public and private
funds for purposes including, but not limited to program administration, multicounty planning,
coordination, and development.
Subd. 3. Planning. The commission may prepare and submit for adoption, after appropriate
study and such public hearings as may be necessary, comprehensive plans for local units
of government, individually or collectively, within the region. Plans may consist of policy
statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps prescribing guides for orderly development
within the jurisdiction subject to the plan. The plans shall recognize and incorporate planning
principles which encompass physical, social, or economic needs of the region. In preparing
development plans the commission shall use to the maximum extent feasible the resources
studies and data available from other planning agencies within the region, including counties,
municipalities, special districts, and subregional planning agencies, and it shall utilize the
resources of state agencies to the same purpose.
Subd. 4. Comprehensive planning. The creation of a regional development commission
does not affect the right of counties or municipalities to conduct subregional or district planning
under sections 462.371 to 462.375 or 471.59. It is the purpose of sections 462.381 to 462.398 to
encourage local and subdistrict planning capability and the regional commission shall as far as
practical use the data, resources, and input of the local planning agencies.
History: 1969 c 1122 s 10; 1973 c 589 s 1; 1978 c 786 s 18; 1981 c 356 s 229,230; 1983 c
289 s 115 subd 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 57; 1997 c 231 art 12 s 12,13; 2000 c 418 art 1 s 44
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