Louisiana § RS 39:21 - State planning; powers, duties, and functions

§ RS 39:21. State planning; powers, duties, and functions

The division of administration shall have the authority, and where appropriate to the context may be required, to:

(1)  Conduct basic surveys and studies concerning the development of coordinated state resources and facilities plans.

(2)  Review current programming and future planning of all state departments, agencies, and commissions.  All state departments, agencies, and commissions having planning studies or programs shall file regularly, at such times as may be required by the commissioner, copies of reports thereof with the division for review.

(3)  Review current programming and future planning of all municipal and regional planning commissions.  All municipal and regional planning commissions shall file certified copies of all plans or amended plans with the division of administration.

(4)  Publish a program of expected planning standards on the state level and suggested planning standards at the regional levels and encourage the development of planning programs within and by state departments and local governmental agencies.

(5)  Coordinate with the state information center to identify all information to be collected and assembled with respect to the goals of the state and the development of programs and plans affecting the state and be responsible for the establishment of basic statistics to provide a common source for all planning.

(6)  Assist and advise citizen's groups, as well as other governmental units and private organizations, in the formulation and development of goals and policies of the state.

(7)  Assist state fiscal agencies in the joint development and implementation of a program evaluation and comprehensive budgeting system, securing from all state departments, agencies, and commissions information, plans, and other materials to assist in developing and implementing the system.

(8)  Collect, analyze, and report physical, social, and economic information relevant to state government operations.  Upon request, all state agencies shall furnish to the division, within a reasonable period of time, such information as the division may require to carry out its functions.  The division of administration shall submit to the governor an annual state-of-the-state report outlining the current economic condition and progress of the state during the past year.

(9)  Aid the governor in making better decisions on allocation of resources among alternative ways to attain government objectives in the following manner:

(a)  Recommend fund allocation to programs to achieve objectives established by state goals.  The result will be a recommended programs budget.

(b)  Coordinate with other state agencies and to relate the program budget to an administrative budget designed to achieve the total program objectives.

(10)  Provide technical assistance to operating departments and agencies of state government in developing their respective planning programs.

(11)  Advise the governor, as well as other public officials and state boards and commissions, with respect to long-range planning proposals.

(12)  Represent the state of Louisiana on matter related to long-range planning.

(13)  Maintain effective liaison with other administrative agencies of the state to facilitate planning coordination.

(14)  Provide, upon the request of any appropriate municipal, parish, or other local board or official, such information as is possessed by the division and conduct studies and prepare reports upon any planning program of such parish, municipality, or subdivision.  The cost, if any, to the appropriate governmental unit for such service shall be such amount as is agreed upon between the governmental unit and the division.  The division of administration may furnish, upon request or upon its own initiative, advice or reports to any state officer or department with respect to any problem within the field of state planning.

(15)  Cooperate and assist in the development, current programming, and future planning of metropolitan and regional planning commissions within the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1986, No. 765, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989.