1. (1) The office shall coordinate the activities of the various divisions within the department of local affairs for the purpose of:

   1. (a) Cooperating with and providing technical assistance to local officials for the orderly development of rural Colorado;
   2. (b) Encouraging and, when requested, assisting local governments to develop mutual and cooperative solutions to rural community development;
   3. (c) Studying the legal provisions that affect rural development and recommending to the governor and the general assembly such changes and provisions as may be necessary to encourage rural development;
   4. (d) Serving as a clearinghouse for rural development information, including state and federal programs designed for rural development;
   5. (e) Carrying out studies and continuous analyses of rural development in the state with particular emphasis on its effect on population dispersion and economic opportunity;
   6. (f) Encouraging and assisting, when requested, local governments to develop mutual and cooperative solutions to rural community development;
   7. (g) Contracting with the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof and 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.