Colorado § 30-28-104 - Chairman - rules - staff - information - grants and gifts.

§ 30-28-104. Chairman - rules - staff - information - grants and gifts.

(1) The county planning commission shall elect a chairman from its members, whose term shall be for one year, and the commission may create and fill such other offices as it may determine. The commission shall adopt such rules and regulations governing its procedure as it may consider necessary or advisable and shall keep a record of its proceedings, which record shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times. The board of county commissioners has the authority to employ experts and a staff and shall pay such expenses as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the powers conferred and the duties prescribed in this article. The county planning commission is directed to make use of the expert advice and information which may be furnished by appropriate federal, state, county, and municipal officials, departments, and agencies and in particular by the director of the division of planning in the department of local affairs of the state of Colorado. All state officials, departments, and agencies having information, maps, and data pertinent to county planning or zoning are authorized and directed to make the same available for the use of the county planning commission as well as to furnish such other technical assistance and advice as they may have available for such purpose.

(2) The county planning commission is specifically empowered to receive and expend all grants, gifts, and bequests, specifically including state and federal funds and other funds available for the purposes for which the commission exists, and to contract with the state of Colorado, the United States, and all other legal entities with respect thereto. The county planning commission may provide, within the limitations of its budget, matching funds wherever grants, gifts, bequests, and contractual assistance are available on such basis.

Source: L. 39: p. 294, § 2. CSA: C. 45A, § 2. L. 53: p. 225, § 1. CRS 53: § 106-2-2. L. 59: p. 616, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-2. L. 67: p. 72, § 1. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 1457, § 2, effective July 1.

ANNOTATION

Function and duty of planning commission initially is to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the unincorporated territory of a county. To that end, the commission is empowered to employ experts and to make detailed surveys and studies to accomplish the harmonious development of the county in terms of the general welfare of the inhabitants and the efficient and economic use of its land. Johnson v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 34 Colo. App. 14, 523 P.2d 159 (1974), aff'd sub nom. Colo. Leisure Prods., Inc. v. Johnson, 187 Colo. 443, 532 P.2d 742 (1975).