I am trying to create and populate a temp table inside a procedure to save some intermediate state of the data. Please see the example code.

CREATE or replace procedure sp_getOfficeStateData (

inout  PROCESSING_DATE_YMD          CHAR(06),                                         
inout  TYPE_OF_RUN                  VARCHAR (1),          
    inout  CHECK_PROCESSING_UNIT        VARCHAR (1),                           
    inout  CHECK_AUTO_DIVISION          VARCHAR (1),                           
    inout  PASS_VALUE_OFFICE_DIV_SF_DIV     VARCHAR (3),                           
    inout  PASS_STATE_MIS_STAE_P_UNIT       VARCHAR (3),
    inout  PASS_PROCESSING_UNIT         VARCHAR (2),          
    inout  PASS_STATE_INITIALS          VARCHAR (2),
    inout  PASS_GEOGRAPHIC_STATE        VARCHAR (2),
    inout  PASS_ALPH_ORDER_STATE_NO     VARCHAR (2),
    inout  PASS_ALPH_DIVISION           VARCHAR (1),
    inout  PASS_STATE_NAME              VARCHAR (20),
    inout  PASS_STATE_NAME              VARCHAR (20),
    inout  PASS_STATE_ABBREVIATION      VARCHAR (9),
    inout  PASS_OFFICE_NAME             VARCHAR (20),
    inout  PASS_OFFICE_ABBREVIATION     VARCHAR (9),
    inout  PASS_GEO_STATE_NAME          VARCHAR (20),
    inout  PASS_GEO_STATE_ABBREV        VARCHAR (9),
    inout  PASS_AUTO_DIVISION_NAME      VARCHAR (9),
    inout  PASS_OFFICE_QUALIFIER        VARCHAR (6),
    inout  PASS_STREET_ADDRESS          VARCHAR (30),
    inout  PASS_CITY_STATE_ZIP          VARCHAR (30),
    inout  PASS_ZONE                    VARCHAR (1) ,
    inout  PASS_PRINT_STATE             VARCHAR (3) ,
    inout  PASS_STATE_SUBSCRIPT         DECIMAL(3,0),
    inout  PASS_PRINT_SUBSCRIPT        DECIMAL(3,0),
    inout  PASS_JOB_NUMBER_FIL5_OFFI_IND1_FILL2 VARCHAR (8),
    inout  PASS_NUMBER_OF_STATES                DECIMAL(3,0),
    inout  PASS_NUMBER_OF_DIVISIONS             DECIMAL(3,0),
    inout  PASS_NO_STATE_WITHIN_DIV             DECIMAL(3,0),
    inout  PASS_MICDJ_COMPANY                   VARCHAR (10),             
    inout  COMPANIES                            VARCHAR (10),             
    inout  PASS_ILLER                           VARCHAR (19),            
    inout  PASS_SPECIAL_RUN                     VARCHAR (1),                        
    inout  PASS_OFFICE_PHONE_ACODE_PREFIX_NUM   VARCHAR (10),                                  
    inout  PASS_CHECK_PREV_DATA                 VARCHAR (1),      
    inout  PASS_FILL_OCCURS_PART                VARCHAR (1),                             
    inout  PASS_USE_REGION_DATES                VARCHAR (1))      
                   
RETURNS TABLE(STATES_WITHIN_OFFI_SF_DISION VARCHAR (3), STATES_WITHIN_MIS_ST_P_UNIT VARCHAR(3),STATES_WITHIN_PROCESSING_UNIT  VARCHAR (2),
            
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_INITIALS      VARCHAR (2),               
        STATES_WITHIN_GEOGRAPHIC_STATE    VARCHAR (2),               
        STATES_WITHIN_ALPH_ORDER_STATE_NO VARCHAR (2).               
        STATES_WITHIN_ALPH_DIVISION       VARCHAR (1),                
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_NAME          VARCHAR (20),            
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_ABBREVIATION  VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_OFFICE_NAME         VARCHAR (20),            
        STATES_WITHIN_OFFICE_ABBREVIATION VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_GEO_STATE_NAME      VARCHAR (20),            
        STATES_WITHIN_GEO_STATE_ABBREV    VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_AUTO_DIVISION_NAME  VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_PRINT_STATE         VARCHAR (3),              
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_SUBSCRIPT     DECIMAL (3,0),
        STATES_WITHIN_PRINT_SUBSCRIPT     DECIMAL (3,0),
        STATES_WITHIN_FILLER              VARCHAR (48),            
        STATES_WITHIN_COMPANIES           VARCHAR (5))  
as
$$
DECLARE
begin
CREATE TEMP TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ALL_OF_THE_OFF_OR_ST_DATA(
        STATES_WITHIN_OFFI_SF_DISION VARCHAR (3), STATES_WITHIN_MIS_ST_P_UNIT VARCHAR(3),STATES_WITHIN_PROCESSING_UNIT VARCHAR (2), 
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_INITIALS      VARCHAR (2),               
        STATES_WITHIN_GEOGRAPHIC_STATE    VARCHAR (2),               
        STATES_WITHIN_ALPH_ORDER_STATE_NO VARCHAR (2).               
        STATES_WITHIN_ALPH_DIVISION       VARCHAR (1),                
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_NAME          VARCHAR (20),            
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_ABBREVIATION  VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_OFFICE_NAME         VARCHAR (20),            
        STATES_WITHIN_OFFICE_ABBREVIATION VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_GEO_STATE_NAME      VARCHAR (20),            
        STATES_WITHIN_GEO_STATE_ABBREV    VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_AUTO_DIVISION_NAME  VARCHAR (9),             
        STATES_WITHIN_PRINT_STATE         VARCHAR (3),              
        STATES_WITHIN_STATE_SUBSCRIPT     DECIMAL (3,0),
        STATES_WITHIN_PRINT_SUBSCRIPT     DECIMAL (3,0),
        STATES_WITHIN_FILLER              VARCHAR (48),            
        STATES_WITHIN_COMPANIES           VARCHAR (5)
) ON COMMIT DROP;
RETURN QUERY SELECT * FROM ALL_OF_THE_OFF_OR_ST_DATA;
end;
$$
language 
plpgsql;

Please help me with this. When trying to create this Stored Procedure the database returns this error message: ERROR: syntax error at or near “TABLE”
LINE 41: RETURNS TABLE(STATES_WITHIN_OFFI_SF_DISION VARCHAR (3), …
^
SQL state: 42601
Character: 2327