§ 4341 - Creation of regional planning commissions
§ 4341. Creation of regional planning commissions
(a) A regional planning commission may be created at any time by the act of the voters or the legislative body of each of a number of contiguous municipalities, upon the written approval of the agency of commerce and community development. Approval of a designated region shall be based on the results of studies jointly carried out by representatives of the municipalities and the agency of commerce and community development to determine whether the municipalities involved constitute a logical geographic and a coherent socio-economic planning area. Evidence must be shown that local, state, and federal funding will be adequate to satisfy current requirements and to provide a continuing planning program of a scope sufficient for comprehensive and functional area wide planning. All municipalities within a designated region shall be considered members of the regional planning commission. Such area shall be referred to herein as a region, and may include municipalities located in a neighboring state.
(b) Two or more existing regional planning commissions may be merged to form a single commission by act of the voters in a majority of the municipalities in each of the merging regions. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1971, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 11, 1972; 1981, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. July 1, 1989; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a).)