(1) The office shall coordinate the activities of the various divisions within the department of local affairs for the purpose of:
Cooperating with and providing technical assistance to local officials for the orderlydevelopment of rural Colorado;
Encouraging and, when requested, assisting local governments to develop mutual andcooperative solutions to rural community development;
Studying the legal provisions that affect rural development and recommending to thegovernor and the general assembly such changes and provisions as may be necessary to encourage rural development;
Serving as a clearinghouse for rural development information, including state andfederal programs designed for rural development;
Carrying out studies and continuous analyses of rural development in the state withparticular emphasis on its effect on population dispersion and economic opportunity;
Encouraging and assisting, when requested, local governments to develop mutual andcooperative solutions to rural community development;
Contracting with the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereofand receiving any grants or moneys therefrom for purposes of rural development in Colorado.
Source: L. 73: p. 190, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-36-3.