(i) the regional advisory committees;
(ii) officials of departments and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities concerning the protection of open space and natural, environmental, historic, cultural or recreational resources;
(iii) officials and representatives of local governments in the state; and
(iv) persons, organizations and groups interested in the protection of open space and natural, environmental, historic, cultural or recreational resources of the state. c. request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or any other agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may be necessary to enable the department and office to carry out its responsibilities under this section. 4. The department and office shall prepare a draft plan and shall propose, no later than January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, a schedule of public hearings thereon. 5. On or before January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and every three years thereafter, the department and office shall submit the plan to the governor, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Upon approval by the governor such plan shall become a guide for the implementation of the acquisition programs of the department and office.