ยง 31.03 Declaration of policy. The urban and regional areas of the
state are rich in cultural and natural resources of statewide
significance associated with our growth and attainments over time. These
resources offer educational, inspirational and recreational benefits for
present and future generations. It is hereby declared to be the policy
of the state to preserve these resources through their identification,
interpretation, development and use in a system made up of state
designated heritage areas.
It is further the policy of the state to improve and coordinate the
plans, functions, powers and programs of the state, as they affect its
urban and regional cultural and natural resources, in cooperation with
the federal government, regions, local governments and other public and
private organizations and concerned individuals.