The Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall:

1. Serve as a forum for the discussion and resolution of intergovernmental problems;

2. Engage in such activities and make such studies and investigations as are necessary or desirable in the accomplishment of its purposes as provided for in this act;

3. Consider, on its own initiative, ways and means of fostering better relations among local governments and between local governments and the state government;

4. Propose legislation, constitutional amendments, and model local ordinances necessary to implement recommendations of the Committee;

5. Encourage, and where appropriate, coordinate studies relating to intergovernmental relations conducted by universities, state, local, and federal agencies, and research and consulting organizations;

6. Review the recommendations of national commissions studying federal, state, and local government relationships and problems and assess their possible application to Oklahoma;

7. Review the fiscal relationships between state and local governments pursuant to federal proposals on general revenue sharing or federal programs having significant intergovernmental implications;

8. Undertake studies to determine the most effective means by which state government and local government organizations can participate in the federal grant system. Such studies shall make recommendations affecting the state executive and legislative branches and local government organizations, and shall develop an operational plan and recommendations for initial implementation actions;

9. Study the laws relating to the assessment and taxation of property;

10. Review technical and financial assistance available to counties, cities, municipalities and agencies owned and controlled by them, governmental conferences or councils, regional planning commissions, community development groups, community action agencies, and similar agencies for the purposes of aiding and encouraging an orderly, productive, and coordinated development of the state, and to strengthen local planning responsibility and capability; and

11. Make such studies as the Legislature may request.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 203, § 67, operative July 1, 1987.