eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 186.505. Regional planning councils; powers and duties.  


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  • 1Any regional planning council created hereunder shall have the following powers:
    12(1) 13To adopt rules of procedure for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business and to appoint from among its members a chair to serve annually; however, such chair may be subject to reelection.
    50(2) 51To adopt an official name and seal.
    58(3) 59To maintain an office at such place or places within the comprehensive planning district as it may designate.
    77(4) 78To employ and to compensate such personnel, consultants, and technical and professional assistants as it deems necessary to exercise the powers and perform the duties set forth in this act.
    108(5) 109To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act.
    136(6) 137To hold public hearings and sponsor public forums in any part of the regional area whenever the council deems it necessary or useful in the execution of its other functions.
    167(7) 168To sue and be sued in its own name.
    177(8) 178To accept and receive, in furtherance of its functions, funds, grants, and services from the Federal Government or its agencies; from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state, municipal, or local government; or from private or civic sources. Each regional planning council shall render an accounting of the receipt and disbursement of all funds received by it, pursuant to the federal Older Americans Act, to the Legislature no later than March 1 of each year.
    252(9) 253To receive and expend such sums of money as shall be from time to time appropriated for its use by any county or municipality when approved by the council and to act as an agency to receive and expend federal funds for planning.
    296(10) 297To act in an advisory capacity to the constituent local governments in regional, metropolitan, county, and municipal planning matters.
    316(11) 317To cooperate, in the exercise of its planning functions, with federal and state agencies in planning for emergency management as defined in s. 340252.34341.
    342(12) 343To fix and collect membership dues, rents, or fees when appropriate.
    354(13) 355To acquire, own, hold in custody, operate, maintain, lease, or sell real or personal property.
    370(14) 371To dispose of any property acquired through the execution of an interlocal agreement under s. 386163.01387.
    388(15) 389To accept gifts, grants, assistance, funds, or bequests.
    397(16) 398To conduct studies of the resources of the region.
    407(17) 408To participate with other governmental agencies, educational institutions, and private organizations in the coordination or conduct of its activities.
    427(18) 428To select and appoint such advisory bodies as the council may find appropriate for the conduct of its activities.
    447(19) 448To enter into contracts to provide, at cost, such services related to its responsibilities as may be requested by local governments within the region and which the council finds feasible to perform.
    480(20) 481To provide technical assistance to local governments on growth management matters.
    492(21) 493To perform a coordinating function among other regional entities relating to preparation and assurance of regular review of the strategic regional policy plan, with the entities to be coordinated determined by the topics addressed in the strategic regional policy plan.
    533(22) 534To coordinate land development and transportation policies in a manner that fosters regionwide transportation systems.
    549(23) 550To review plans of independent transportation authorities and metropolitan planning organizations to identify inconsistencies between those agencies’ plans and applicable local government plans.
    573(24) 574To use personnel, consultants, or technical or professional assistants of the council to help local governments within the geographic area covered by the council conduct economic development activities.
    602(25) 603To provide consulting services to a private developer or landowner for a project, if not serving in a review capacity in the future, except that statutorily mandated services may be provided by the regional planning council regardless of its review role.
History.-s. 2, ch. 59-369; ss. 17, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-283; ss. 3, 5, ch. 80-315; s. 8, ch. 81-167; s. 4, ch. 82-46; s. 8, ch. 83-55; s. 4, ch. 83-334; s. 12, ch. 84-257; s. 1, ch. 92-182; ss. 30, 38, ch. 93-206; s. 959, ch. 95-147; s. 15, ch. 95-196; s. 71, ch. 99-2; s. 93, ch. 99-251; s. 63, ch. 2011-142; s. 13, ch. 2012-99; s. 10, ch. 2015-30.

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Note.-Former s. 160.02.

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