11-85-58
Section 11-85-58 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.)...
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41-9-211
Section 41-9-211 Powers and duties of office. (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...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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41-29-2
Section 41-29-2 Powers, duties, and functions of Department of Commerce. (a) The Department of Commerce shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Department of Commerce shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the Alabama Development Office are also hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce. (b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the...
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23-1-294
Section 23-1-294 Advisory Council. (a) The Advisory Council shall consist of a member of the Alabama House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, a member of the Alabama Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, one member appointed by each member of the Designating Committee, three persons appointed from the state at-large by the Governor, and one representative appointed by the Governor from each of the following groups or organizations: (1) Scenic Alabama. (2) Alabama Environmental Council. (3) The outdoor advertising industry. (4) The Alabama Wildlife Federation. (5) A business, industry, or trade association or professional organization having its principal programs extending generally throughout the state, and having a demonstrated concern for balancing economic growth with protection for the environment and increased recreational opportunities. (6) Public utilities. (7) Tourism associations. (8) Real estate associations. (9) Regional planning commissions....
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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11-85-51
Section 11-85-51 Designation of state planning and development districts by Governor generally; designation of single county state planning and development districts. (a) The Governor may, from time to time as he deems appropriate and necessary, define and designate a state planning and development district by executive order. (b) In defining boundaries of state planning and development districts, the Governor shall consult with the governmental units concerned and shall consider such factors as community of interest and homogeneity; geographic features and natural boundaries; patterns of communication and transportation; patterns of urban development; total population and population density; similarity of social and economic problems; boundaries of existing regional planning commissions and councils of government; existing state functional planning areas and the utility of proposed boundaries for provision of governmental services. Districts should be as large as practicable...
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11-85-59
Section 11-85-59 Effect of population changes upon establishment and operation of state planning and development districts or regional planning and development commissions. The establishment and operation of any state planning and development district or regional planning commission designated or formed pursuant to this article shall not be affected by any subsequent changes in population so long as the county comprising such district and in which such commission is located met the requirements of this article at the time such district was designated or such commission was formed. (Acts 1973, No. 692, p. 1039, §2.)...
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11-85-57
Section 11-85-57 Joint planning agreements, etc., with adjoining counties, municipalities, etc., authorized; changes of boundaries of regional planning and development districts to include adjacent counties. (a) Commissions formed pursuant to this article shall have the authority to enter into joint planning agreements, contracts, or programs with adjacent counties, municipalities situated in adjacent counties, or adjacent regional planning and development commissions. (b) If the Governor should determine that it is desirable to change the boundaries of regional planning and development districts which have been defined and designated pursuant to this article to include an adjacent county or counties within such district or districts, he shall have the authority to do so in the manner and form set forth in Section 11-85-51; provided, however, that the criteria or requirements set forth in subsection (b) of Section 11-85-51 with respect to population and numbers of contiguous counties...
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