2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 81 - STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
81-3603 - Rural Development Commission; duties.

81-3603. Rural Development Commission; duties.

The Rural Development Commission shall:

(1) Focus attention on and increase awareness of the opportunities and needs of rural Nebraskans;

(2) Advocate for rural Nebraska by proposing solutions to rural challenges;

(3) Strengthen community sustainability and growth in rural Nebraska through increased community-based wealth creation, expanded economic opportunity, and improved quality of life;

(4) Stimulate rural development innovation and foster information transfer to, from, and within rural Nebraska;

(5) Encourage and support continuity, coordination, and cooperation among national, state, multicommunity, and local rural development initiatives and service providers;

(6) Ensure that rural Nebraskans are afforded the opportunity to determine rural Nebraska's development agenda;

(7) Serve as an advisory body to the Governor, state agencies, and the Legislature on rural development issues;

(8) Establish an information clearinghouse on rural challenges and needs, development services, model initiatives, available resources, and service providers;

(9) Foster community-based development initiatives through multicommunity partnerships;

(10) Support strategic planning and research for and evaluation of rural development initiatives and service providers by administering the Nebraska Development Network Program;

(11) Serve as Nebraska's rural development council within the meaning of the National Rural Development Partnership by providing inventories, reports, assessments, and implementation plans as appropriate; and

(12) Participate in the Partnership for Rural Nebraska.