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the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works. For any project
which is a part of the capital improvement programs established
pursuant to Section [9] 6, funds may be made available, upon
recommendation of the [State Planning] Department of State Plan-
ning with the approval of the Board of Public Works, for preliminary
plans, studies, designs, and outline specifications from the
Revolving Preliminary Planning Fund. Such sums advanced shall
be reimbursed to the Revolving Preliminary Planning Fund with the
approval of the Board of Public Works out of the annual general
construction loan, or from any other special loan funds separately
authorized by the General Assembly or from general funds.

[10.] 8. The [State Planning Department] Department of State
Planning may render financial or other planning assistance to county,
municipal or other local governments, instrumentalities or planning
agencies and to regional or metropolitan planning commissions. Such
assistance may be conditioned on equal, larger or smaller contri-
butions by the agency which requests such assistance, but in any
case in which funds or services are requested and received by the
[State Planning Department] Department of State Planning from
any federal agency for planning assistance to county, municipal or
other local governments, instrumentalities or planning agencies, or
to regional or metropolitan planning commissions, the condition im-
posed by federal law or regulation shall be carried out. Whenever
federal laws or regulations condition such grants upon equal, larger
or smaller contributions without specifications as to whether the
State, or the locality receiving planning assistance shall make such
contribution, the [State Planning Department] Department of State
Planning may supply such contribution or any part thereof. When-
ever the [State Planning Department] Department of State Plan-
ning is requested to render financial assistance to a regional, metro-
politan, county, municipal or other local planning agency, the [Di-
rector] Secretary of State Planning shall first consider the adequacy
and competency of the particular agency. All local governments,
instrumentalities or planning agencies receiving financial or other
planning assistance from the [State Planning Department] State
shall at the request of [Director] Secretary of State Planning sub-
mit copies of their planning budgets for planning purposes to him.
He may also require an annual audit of their financial operations
related to planning by the state auditor, or by auditors or ac-
countants legally qualified to perform municipal audits. When a
local government, instrumentality or planning agency receives finan-
cial or other planning assistance from a federal agency, the [Direc-
tor] Secretary of State Planning may accept such federal agency's
audit.

[11.] 9. (a) The [State Planning Department] Department
of State Planning shall submit an annual report to the Governor<