The Vermont Planning Council shall carry on a continuing comprehensive planning process to inventory and classify scenic corridors, areas, and sites, and analyze the scenic values and various elements thereof in keeping with the purposes of section 421 of this title, including the general location of areas of special need and specific proposals for such new areas. The Vermont Planning Council shall prepare and submit to the Governor for adoption, and from time to time, revise, a comprehensive plan for the protection of the State's scenic resources. This plan shall become a part of the State's comprehensive master plan.

The Vermont Planning Council shall cooperate with federal and local governments, and with interested private groups and individuals in joint planning to protect and to develop historic, cultural, and scenic resources. (Added 1966, No. 67 (Sp. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 14, 1966; amended 1967, No. 167, § 6, eff. April 15, 1967.)