| Abstract: |
The first of its type, this new report by APA
presents a report card on the status of state
planning enabling statutes and statutory reform
efforts in the United States. The report contains a detailed analysis of the planning statutes of all 50 states to determine how well they address contemporary planning issues. It also includes
profiles of six states--Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Washington--which have, in APA's opinion, taken major initiatives in reforming their planning legislation and working with local governments to ensure plan implementation. Finally, the report describes recent legislative efforts at modernizing planning statutes, finding that in 1999 alone, approximately 1000 land-use reform bills have been introduced in state legislatures, with approximately 200 of them enacted into law. |
