Section 1049.3 - Powers and duties of the boardThe State Planning Board shall have the power to--
(1) Conduct and stimulate research and to collect, compile and analyze data bearing upon all industrial, commercial, social and physical factors which may influence the present and future welfare of the State, including industrial and agricultural productivity, resources of soil, minerals, water and forest products, population growth, employment, income, transportation, housing, recreational facilities, protection from floods and other natural hazards, public construction, stream pollution, highway protection, and other fields vital to the public welfare.(2) Prepare and from time to time perfect, plans or programs for the physical and economic development of the State by the State, its agencies and political subdivisions. Such plans or programs, with any accompanying maps, plats, charts, descriptive matter, and administrative or legislative proposals shall show the board's recommendations for the development of the State and may include, among other subjects, plans or programs for the encouragement of industry and commerce, for community development, and for parkways, bridges, waterways, port facilities, flood prevention work, parks, reservations, forests, wild life refuges, airports, drainage or sanitary systems and works, motor vehicle routes, public buildings, and other public works which by reason of their function, size, extent, location, or legal status, are of State-wide, as distinguished from merely local concern, or the location, construction, or authorization of which falls, according to law, within the province of State agencies or officials and which are appropriate subjects of a State, as distinguished from merely local program or plan, and for the general location and extent of existing or proposed forests, agricultural areas, and other development areas, for purposes of conservation, food and water supply, sanitary or drainage facilities, highway protection, and the protection and encouragement of urban and rural development; also, a land utilization program, including the general classification and allocation of the land within the State amongst mineral, agricultural, soil conservation, water conservation, forestry, recreational, industrial, urbanization, housing, and other uses and purposes.(3) Advise with the various State Departments and bureaus and with local authorities and individuals with a view to the coordinating of all physical and economic development plans including plans for highway, airway and air terminals, parkways, parks, water supply development, flood control, land use, recreation areas, and forest reservations, and such other things as are related to an ordered and comprehensive development of the State by the State, its agencies and political subdivisions.(4) Prepare, amend, and keep up to date, a long-term development program of all major State improvement projects. The public works program so prepared shall be a comprehensive construction and financial program covering a long-term period and shall be prepared in consultation with the several State departments for the purpose of assisting, by long-term budgeting of capital expenditures, in stabilizing industry and employment by promoting the planning and timing of public works within the State and by the elimination of unplanned, untimely, unnecessary and extravagant projects. All State departments, divisions and officials shall submit their respective long-term programs and proposals for improvements for the information of the board. The board shall encourage the preparation of detailed plans for construction projects by the departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies of the State. All plans for all projects as enumerated above and originating under whatsoever authority or department shall be presented to the State Planning Board for its information when first taken under consideration by such authority or department and in a preliminary form. The public works program shall be revised annually for the purpose of extending it one year in the future and a report thereon shall be submitted by the board to the Governor once a year, or more often if requested by the Governor. It shall also be the duty of the board to promote and encourage the development of similar public works programs in the various political subdivisions of the State and to coordinate local public works programs where joint action is required.(5) Repealed by 1966, Feb. 2, P.L.(1965) 1899, § 1, effective July 1, 1966.(6) Collect, analyze and publish information relating to the proper economic and physical development of the State and the conservation of its natural resources, and make such recommendations thereon to the Governor as it may deem proper and advisable.(7) to (15) Repealed by 1966 Feb. 2, P.L.(1965) 1899, § 1, effective July 1, 1966.1949, May 20, P.L. 1608, § 3.