§ 150. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
that:

1. Strong local government has been a major positive factor in the
political, economic and social development of the state;

2. The future welfare of the state depends in large measure on the
effectiveness of local government and of its relationships to state
government;

3. Population shifts and other economic and social trends have brought
new problems to local government;

4. The state has the responsibility toward local government to
coordinate state services and information for the benefit of local
government, to assist in the solution of its problems, and otherwise to
help local government in making itself as strong and effective as
possible;

5. The need for a more rational planning process requires a high
degree of local, state and interstate cooperation;

6. The need for a single state agency to review and comment on local
planning efforts of statewide significance, state agency planning and
interstate planning commission programs is recognized;

7. A common data base developed by the official state planning agency
in conjunction with planning efforts at all levels of government is
essential to effective planning; and

8. State planning and development policies should promote planning
programs among state agencies and between levels of government that
maximize environmental and economic benefits to the localities.