a. In every planning area in the State, the designated planning agency or the Department of Environmental Protection for all areas of the State without a designated planning agency, shall consult the concerned county planning board or boards and shall consider the advice of said county planning board or boards for the planning area, and shall prepare all appropriate reports, working papers, and plans in a manner which facilitates such consultation with said county planning board or boards.

b. To assist the areawide planning agency in formulating its plan, the agency shall appoint one or more policy and technical advisory councils, consisting of selected elective and appointive officials and members of the general public. The areawide plan shall be prepared by the areawide agency only after consultation with its policy or technical advisory council or councils.

L.1977, c. 75, s. 6, eff. April 25, 1977.