(a) The powers and duties of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall be as follows:
(1) To develop a comprehensive state plan, and yearly updates to the plan, to be submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for its consideration;
(2) To develop, for approval by the Governor and the Legislature, long-range plans and policies for the orderly and coordinated growth of the state, including but not limited to, functional plans;
(3) To prepare special reports and make available the results of the research, studies and other activities, through publications, memoranda, briefings and expert testimony;
(4) To analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship of activities, capabilities and future plans of local units of government, area commissions, development districts, private enterprise and the state and federal government;
(5) To encourage the coordination of the planning and programming activities of all state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government, and other public and private bodies with the state;
(6) To advise and consult with regional, county and local units of government and planning and development agencies on matters of planning;
(7) At the direction of the Governor, and in cooperation with the State Budget Division of the Finance Department, survey, review and appraise the accomplishments of state government in achieving its goals and objectives;
(8) To apply for, accept and disburse advances, loans, grants, contributions and any other form of assistance from the federal government, the state or other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this article, and enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith, and include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as it may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this article;
(9) To make grants from said appropriations to regional planning and development commissions which are certified to receive such grants by the Governor, under the provisions of law heretofore or hereafter enacted providing for the delineation and designation of state planning and development districts and authorizing the governing bodies of counties and municipalities to establish regional planning and development commissions, in Sections 11-85-50 through 11-85-56 and 11-85-58;
(10) To advise and consult with state agencies, departments and institutions, political subdivisions and local units of government for the purpose of increasing their capacity to identify and obtain all forms of federal assistance;
(11) To review and comment on all local and areawide applications for federal planning assistance, or delegate such authority to a regional planning and development commission;
(12) To review and comment upon prior to their submission, as required by OMB A-95 regulations, plans, programs and federal assistance applications filed with the federal government or any instrumentality of the federal government by state departments, agencies and institutions;
(13) To maintain a record of and periodically analyze all action taken by any federal agency concerning plans, programs and federal assistance applications submitted to the federal government or any instrumentality of the federal government by state departments, agencies and institutions, local governmental units, and political subdivisions of the state;
(14) To monitor and analyze the sources, types, amounts and purposes of federal assistance received by state agencies, departments and institutions, local governmental units, and political subdivisions;
(15) To provide information and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature with respect to federal programs of state interest or programs pending congressional or federal administrative action which may affect or be of interest to the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions;
(16) To promote the development and coordination of the federal assistance activities of all state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government and other public and private bodies within the state to meet state needs;
(17) To insure that data used by the federal government and its agencies and instrumentalities for calculating the state's share of formula-based federal assistance are accurate;
(18) To represent the Governor, and serve as an official liaison for the state in respect to federal assistance programs available to the state and its agencies and political subdivisions and be responsible for the establishment of responsible representation to assist in securing maximum benefits of the many forms of federal assistance; and
(19) To exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its duties, including the promulgation of reasonable rules and regulations and to perform such other functions and duties of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs as may from time to time be assigned by the Director of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs. All state agencies, departments, institutions and political subdivisions are hereby empowered and authorized to make available to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs such reasonable assistance and information as the office may request in carrying out the intentions and purposes of this article.
(b) It is the intent of this article that all reference herein to the duties and functions regarding review and comment of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs be directly related to those federal programs covered under currently effective Office of Management and Budget Circulars A-95, A-102 and other appropriate Office of Management and Budget circulars.
Last modified: May 3, 2021