Chapter 048
2012 -- S 2563
Enacted 05/01/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION
Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, DeVall, Kettle, and DiPalma
Date Introduced: February 28, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 42-11-10 of the General Laws in Chapter
42-11 entitled
"Department of
Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows:
42-11-10. Statewide planning program. -- (a) Findings.
- The general assembly finds
that the people of this state have a fundamental interest
in the orderly development of the state;
the state has a positive interest and demonstrated need
for establishment of a comprehensive
strategic state planning process and the preparation,
maintenance, and implementation of plans
for the physical, economic, and social development of the
state; the continued growth and
development of the state presents problems that cannot be met by
the cities and towns
individually and that require effective planning by the state; and
state and local plans and
programs must be properly coordinated with the planning
requirements and programs of the
federal government.
(b) Establishment of
statewide planning program. - (1) A statewide planning
program is
hereby established to prepare, adopt, and amend strategic
plans for the physical, economic, and
social development of the state and to recommend these to
the governor, the general assembly,
and all others concerned.
(2) All strategic
planning, as defined in subsection (c) of this section, undertaken by all
departments and agencies of the executive branch unless
specifically exempted, shall be
conducted by or under the supervision of the statewide planning
program. The statewide planning
program shall consist of a state planning council, and the
division of planning, which shall be a
division within the department of administration.
(c) Strategic planning.
- Strategic planning includes the following activities:
(1) Establishing or
identifying general goals.
(2) Refining or
detailing these goals and identifying relationships between them.
(3) Formulating,
testing, and selecting policies and standards that will achieve desired
objectives.
(4) Preparing
long-range or system plans or comprehensive programs that carry out the
policies and set time schedules, performance measures, and
targets.
(5) Preparing
functional short-range plans or programs that are
consistent with
established or desired goals, objectives, and policies, and with
long-range or system plans or
comprehensive programs where applicable, and that establish
measurable intermediate steps
toward their accomplishment of the goals, objectives,
policies, and/or long-range system plans.
(6) Monitoring the
planning of specific projects and designing of specific programs of
short duration by the operating departments, other agencies
of the executive branch, and political
subdivisions of the state to insure that these are consistent with
and carry out the intent of
applicable strategic plans.
(7) Reviewing the
execution of strategic plans and the results obtained and making
revisions necessary to achieve established goals.
(d) State guide plan. -
Components of strategic plans prepared and adopted in accordance
with this section may be designated as elements of the
state guide plan. The state guide plan shall
be comprised of functional elements or plans dealing
with land use; physical development and
environmental concerns; economic development; housing production;
energy supply, including
the development of renewable energy resources in
conservation; human services; and other factors necessary to
accomplish the objective of this
section. The state guide plan shall be a means for
centralizing, integrating, and monitoring long-
range goals, policies, plans, and implementation activities
related thereto. State agencies
concerned with specific subject areas, local governments, and
the public shall participate in the
state guide planning process, which shall be closely
coordinated with the budgeting process.
(e) Membership of state
planning council. - The state planning council shall consist of:
(1) The director of the
department of administration as chairperson;
(2) The director,
policy office, in the office of the governor, as vice-chairperson;
(3) The governor, or
his or her designee;
(4) The budget officer;
(5) The chairperson of
the housing resources commission;
(6) The highest-ranking
administrative officer of the division of planning, as secretary;
(7) The president of
the League of Cities and Towns or his or her designee and one
official of local government, who shall be appointed by the
governor from a list of not less than
three (3) submitted by the
(8) The executive
director of the League of Cities and Towns;
(9) One representative
of a nonprofit community development or housing organization
appointed by the governor;
(10) Four (4) public
members, appointed by the governor;
(11) Two (2)
representatives of a private, nonprofit environmental advocacy
organization, both to be appointed by the governor; and
(12) The director of
planning and development for the city of .
(13) The director of
the department of transportation;
(14) The director of
the department of environmental management;
(15) The director of
the department of health; and
(16) The executive
director of the economic development corporation.
(f) Powers and duties
of state planning council. - The state planning council shall have
the following powers and duties:
(1) To adopt strategic plans
as defined in this section and the long-range state guide plan,
and to modify and amend any of these, following the
procedures for notification and public
hearing set forth in section 42-35-3, and to recommend and
encourage implementation of these
goals to the general assembly, state and federal agencies,
and other public and private bodies;
approval of strategic plans by the governor; and to ensure
that strategic plans and the long-range
state guide plan are consistent with the findings, intent,
and goals set forth in section 45-22.2-3,
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(2) To coordinate the
planning and development activities of all state agencies, in
accordance with strategic plans prepared and adopted as provided
for by this section;
(3) To review and
comment on the proposed annual work program of the statewide
planning program;
(4) To adopt rules and
standards and issue orders concerning any matters within its
jurisdiction as established by this section and amendments to it;
(5) To establish
advisory committees and appoint members thereto representing diverse
interests and viewpoints as required in the state planning
process and in the preparation or
implementation of strategic plans. The state planning council shall
appoint a permanent
committee comprised of:
(i)
Public members from different geographic areas of the state representing
diverse
interests, and
(ii) Officials of
state, local and federal government, which shall review all proposed
elements of the state guide plan, or amendment or repeal of
any element of the plan, and shall
advise the state planning council thereon before the council
acts on any such proposal. This
committee shall also advise the state planning council on any
other matter referred to it by the
council; and
(6) To establish and
appoint members to an executive committee consisting of major
participants of a
activities.
(7) To adopt, amend and
maintain as an element of the state guide plan or as an
amendment to an existing element of the state guide plan,
standards and guidelines for the
location of eligible renewable energy resources and renewable
energy facilities in
with due consideration for the location of such resources
and facilities in commercial and
industrial areas, agricultural areas, areas occupied by public
and private institutions, and property
of the state and its agencies and corporations, provided
such areas are of sufficient size, and in
other areas of the state as appropriate.
(g) Division of
planning. - (1) The division of planning shall be the
principal staff
agency of the state planning council for preparing and/or
coordinating strategic plans for the
comprehensive management of the state's human, economic, and
physical resources. The division
of planning shall recommend to the state planning
council specific guidelines, standards, and
programs to be adopted to implement strategic planning and the
state guide plan and shall
undertake any other duties established by this section and
amendments thereto.
(2) The division of
planning shall maintain records (which shall consist of files of
complete copies) of all plans, recommendations, rules, and
modifications or amendments thereto
adopted or issued by the state planning council under this
section. The records shall be open to
the public.
(3) The division of
planning shall manage and administer the
information system of land-related resources, and shall
coordinate these efforts with other state
departments and agencies, including the
technical support and assistance in the development and
maintenance of the system and its
associated data base.
(4) The division of
planning shall coordinate and oversee the provision of technical
assistance to political subdivisions of the state in preparing
and implementing plans to accomplish
the purposes, goals, objectives, policies, and/or
standards of applicable elements of the state guide
plan and shall make available to cities and towns data and
guidelines that may be used in
preparing comprehensive plans and elements thereof and in
evaluating comprehensive plans and
elements thereby.
(h) [Deleted by P.L.
2011, ch. 215, section 4, and by P.L. 2011, ch. 313, section 4_.
(i)
The division of planning shall be the principal staff agency of the water
resources
board established pursuant to chapter 46-15 ("Water
Resources Board") and the water resources
board corporate established pursuant to chapter 46-15.1
("Water Supply Facilities").
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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