The Office of Policy and Management shall:

(1) Formulate and prepare state-wide or interregional plans for the physical, social and economic development of the state. Such plans may be prepared jointly or in consultation with other state, interstate, federal, regional or local agencies. Such plans may include, but need not be limited to, (A) demographic projections, (B) economic projections, (C) land use and water considerations, (D) transportation requirements, (E) environmental considerations, (F) energy capabilities and requirements, (G) public facilities, (H) labor needs and skills, (I) educational objectives, (J) housing needs, and (K) health needs;

(2) Receive for review, information and recommendations, plans proposed by any state agency acting alone or jointly that has among its duties planning responsibilities relating to those considerations set forth in subdivision (1) of this section or similar subjects;

(3) Coordinate regional and state planning activities and accomplish such planning review activities as may be necessary;

(4) Designate or redesignate logical planning regions within the state in accordance with section 16a-4c;

(5) Provide for technical aid and the administration of financial assistance to any regional council of governments organized under sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the secretary;

(6) Accept from any source funds, revenue or other consideration available to this state for interstate, state, regional, interregional or area planning activities or projects and provide for the administration of such funds, revenues or other consideration;

(7) Make available to the public, for a reasonable fee, all reports, testing results and other material developed or procured as a result of activities authorized by this section, section 16a-14 and section 16a-14b; and

(8) Provide technical assistance to municipalities that want to aggregate electric generation services.

(P.A. 75-537, S. 3, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 43, 610; P.A. 79-576, S. 2, 7; P.A. 91-343, S. 7, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 59, 117; P.A. 08-182, S. 8; P.A. 13-247, S. 293.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of planning and energy policy with office of policy and management and its secretary and deleted requirement that plans be submitted to state planning council; P.A. 79-576 added Subdivs. (7) to (9); P.A. 91-343 repealed former Subdivs. (8) and (9) re duties re energy-related products and services; P.A. 98-28 added new Subdiv. (8) re technical assistance to municipalities that want to aggregate electric generation services, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 08-182 amended Subdiv. (4) to require redesignation of planning regions to be in accordance with Sec. 16a-4c (Revisor's note: In codifying section 8 of public act 08-182, a reference to “section 11 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to section 9 of that act and therefore cited as “section 16a-4c”); P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agencies and regional council of elected officials in Subdivs. (4) and (5) and made a technical change in Subdiv. (2), effective January 1, 2015.