(1) The division of planning shall:
(a) Provide planning assistance upon request to any town, city, city and county, county, regional area, or group of adjacent communities having common or related planning problems; and, whenever such assistance includes the rendering of technical services, such services may be rendered without charge or, upon advance agreement, shall be rendered with reimbursement;
(b) Provide information to and cooperate with the general assembly or its committees concerned with studies relevant to local and regional planning;
(c) Supply to the public and to officials of state departments and local agencies available information on local and regional planning problems and community development;
(d) Accept and receive grants and services relevant to local and regional planning from the federal government, other state agencies, local governments, and private and civic sources.