Use of planning and development districts and regional planning and development districts for other purposes and programs.

State planning and development districts designated under this article and regional planning commissions established pursuant to this article shall, to the extent possible, be used as the basis for:

(1) State planning and programming;

(2) Proposing or designating areas for the purposes of administering programs which receive aid under federal acts which require districts; and

(3) Performing areawide planning including review and comment on projects, coordination, and informational services for state and federal grant-in-aid programs.

(Acts 1969, No. 1126, p. 2084, §7.)