2005 Minnesota Statutes - 462.383 — Purpose: government cooperation and coordination.

     462.383 Purpose:  government cooperation and 
  coordination. 


    Subdivision 1.    Legislative findings.  The legislature 
 finds that problems of growth and development in urban and rural 
 regions of the state so transcend the boundary lines of local 
 government units that no single unit can plan for their solution 
 without affecting other units in the region; that coordination 
 of multijurisdictional activities is essential to the 
 development and implementation of effective policies and 
 programs; that intergovernmental cooperation is an effective 
 means of pooling the resources of local government to approach 
 common problems; and that the assistance of the state is needed 
 to make the most effective use of local, state, federal, and 
 private programs in serving the citizens of such urban and rural 
 regions.  


    Subd. 2.    By creating regional commission.  It is the 
 purpose of sections 462.381 to 462.398 to authorize the 
 establishment of regional development commissions to work with 
 and on behalf of local units of government to develop plans or 
 implement programs to address economic, social, physical, and 
 governmental concerns of each region of the state.  The 
 commissions may assist with, develop, or implement plans or 
 programs for individual local units of government.  


    HIST: 1969 c 1122 s 3; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 57; 1997 c 231 art 
 12 s 2