WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 659
(3) cooperate with, confer with, and, on request, provide information to:
(i) units of the federal government; and

(ii) local or regional agencies that are created under federal
programs or that receive federal support.

(d) As far as possible, the Office shall cooperate with and confer with planning
agencies of other states or of regional groupings of states.

(e) The Office shall cooperate with and assist regional and private planning
agencies in the execution of their planning functions, to harmonize their planning
activities with the State Development Plan.

(F) THE OFFICE SHALL PLAN FOR THE EFFICIENT USE OF INACTIVE
RAILROAD CORRIDORS BY:

(11 EXAMINING ALL OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH PRESENT AND
FUTURE, FOR ACQUISITION OR USE OF INACTIVE RAILROAD
CORRIDORS;

(21 COORDINATING AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS
OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC AND
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT, AND THE STATE RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE
SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF ACQUIRING OR USING INACTIVE
RAILROAD CORRIDORS FOR RECREATIONAL TRAILS, PUBLIC UTILITIES,
OR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES; AND

(3) TAKING PART IN UNITED STATES INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS REGARDING THE ABANDONMENT OR THE
DISCONTINUANCE OF USE OF RAILROAD CORRIDORS ON BEHALF OF
THE STATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 659
(House Bill 1180)

AN ACT concerning

Municipal Corporations - Incorporation - Alternate Procedure

FOR the purpose of establishing an additional, alternate method by which certain
persons can initiate a proposal to incorporate an area as a municipal corporation;
permitting the initiation of a proposal for incorporation by a petition signed by a

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