ORIGIN
The Department of Planning began in 1933 as the State Planning Commission (Chapter 39, Acts of Special Session of 1933). When the State Planning Department formed in 1959, the Commission became part of the new department (Chapter 543, Acts of 1959). In 1969, the Department reorganized as the Department of State Planning (Chapter 155, Acts of 1969). The Department was restructured in 1989 to become the Office of Planning (Chapter 540, Acts of 1989).
Effective July 1, 2000, the Office of Planning was renamed the Department of Planning (Chapter 209, Acts of 2000). The Department is the principal staff agency for planning matters concerned with the resources and development of the State.
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