Michigan Laws 324.60903 – Technical assistance program; creation and purpose; utilizing programs of regional planning commissions; scope of technical assistance
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(1) The department shall create a technical assistance program designed to help municipalities and counties effectively use the inventory. The technical assistance program shall, when feasible, utilize the technical assistance programs of regional planning commissions. The technical assistance shall include all of the following:
(a) The publication and distribution of the inventory as applicable to each municipality and county in the state.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.60903
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Inventory: means the land resource and current use inventory. See Michigan Laws 324.60901
- Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Technical assistance: means the aid that the department shall provide to municipalities, counties, and other interested groups and individuals, on the use of the land resource and current use inventory and related information for planning and resource management decisions. See Michigan Laws 324.60901
(b) The preparation and distribution of land resource management manuals to assist municipalities and counties, planning and resource management entities, and other federal, state, and local agencies in updating their planning and resource management programs to incorporate the inventory. Land resource management manuals may also be prepared to assist municipalities and counties in solving problems that confront their planning resource management programs.
(c) The conducting of workshops, in conjunction with local government associations, regarding the inventory.
(d) The provision of a team of experts on the inventory to assist in problem solving by municipalities and counties.
(e) The provision of an inventory information center and library function that municipalities and counties may utilize in their own programs.