81-3603 Rural Development Commission; duties. - Nebraska Statutes

81-3603. Rural Development Commission; duties.The Rural Development Commission shall:(1) Focus attention on and increase awareness of the opportunities and needs of rural Nebraskans;(2) Advocate for rural Nebraska by proposing solutions to rural challenges;(3) Strengthen community sustainability and growth in rural Nebraska through increased community-based wealth creation, expanded economic opportunity, and improved quality of life;(4) Stimulate rural development innovation and foster information transfer to, from, and within rural Nebraska;(5) Encourage and support continuity, coordination, and cooperation among national, state, multicommunity, and local rural development initiatives and service providers;(6) Ensure that rural Nebraskans are afforded the opportunity to determine rural Nebraska's development agenda;(7) Serve as an advisory body to the Governor, state agencies, and the Legislature on rural development issues;(8) Establish an information clearinghouse on rural challenges and needs, development services, model initiatives, available resources, and service providers;(9) Foster community-based development initiatives through multicommunity partnerships;(10) Support strategic planning and research for and evaluation of rural development initiatives and service providers by administering the Nebraska Development Network Program;(11) Serve as Nebraska's rural development council within the meaning of the National Rural Development Partnership by providing inventories, reports, assessments, and implementation plans as appropriate; and(12) Participate in the Partnership for Rural Nebraska. SourceLaws 1993, LB 190, § 3; R.S.1943, (1994), § 81-1284; Laws 1998, LB 1053, § 3; Laws 2003, LB 48, § 3.