MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           1323

departments or agencies for study, advice and
recommendation by the Department [of State Planning] and
for consideration for inclusion in the capital program of
the State. Such department or agency heads shall also,
upon request, submit such information to the Department
[of State Planning] and to the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning as these agencies may require in the
preparation of the program. The Department [of State
Planning] shall receive the assistance of the Department
of Budget and Fiscal Planning in connection with the
preparation of the annual capital budget.

[7.] 9. Revolving Preliminary Planning Fund.

The Governor shall provide in his annual budget a
sum sufficient to establish a Revolving Preliminary
Planning Fund under the jurisdiction of the Board of
Public Works. For any project which is a part of the
capital improvement programs established pursuant to §
[6] 8, funds may be made available, upon recommendation
of the Department [of State Planning] 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.

[8.] 10. Assistance to metropolitan, regional and local
planning agencies; matching federal funds; audits of
local agencies.

The 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 contributions by
the agency which request such assistance, but in any case
in which funds or services are requested and received by
the 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 imposed 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 Department
[of State Planning] may supply such contribution or any
part thereof. Whenever the Department [of State