Section 1204. Municipalities.--The Department of Community Affairs shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) To gather, classify, index, make available, and disseminate, data, statistical information and advice, that may be helpful in improving the methods of administration and municipal development in the several municipalities of the Commonwealth.
(b) To maintain, for the benefit of the several municipalities of the Commonwealth, a publicity service.
(c) To install or assist in the installation and establishment of uniform systems of accounts in the various municipalities of the State.
(d) To promote a comprehensive plan, or series of plans, for the proper future requirements of cities, boroughs, or townships of the Commonwealth, either separately or jointly, in respect to a system of traffic thoroughfares and highways transportation of every sort, suitably coordinated sites for public buildings, parks, parkways, playgrounds, and other uses, the preservation of natural and historic features, and any and all public improvements tending to the advantage of municipalities or townships, and to either make or secure or assist in making or securing the necessary surveys, plans, and information.
(1204 amended Feb. 1, 1966, 1965 P.L.1849, No.582)
Compiler's Note: Section 301(a)(16) of Act 58 of 1996, which created the Department of Community and Economic Development and abolished the Department of Community Affairs, provided that all other powers and duties delegated to the Department of Community Affairs not otherwise expressly transferred elsewhere by Act 58 and currently performed by the Department of Community Affairs under section 1204 are transferred from the Department of Community Affairs to the Department of Community and Economic Development.