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(except as provided in Section 5 of this Article), and direct its

activities;

(c)  Act as the secretary of the State Planning Commission or des-
ignate a staff member of the Planning Department to act in his
stead;

(d)  Keep the State Planning Commission advised of the activities
of the State Planning Department, and submit to the Commission
for its consideration and advice the state development plan or any
substantial phase or part, amendment, revision or extension thereof
or addition thereto, prior to filing the same in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8;

(e)  Have access, or designate staff members of the Planning De-
partment who shall have access, to information, reports and data
which relate to state planning in the possession of departments,
agencies or instrumentalities of the state, or in the possession of
regional, metropolitan, county, municipal or other local agencies and
instrumentalities ;

(f)  Enter, or designate staff members of the Planning Depart-
ment who may enter, at reasonable times and in such a manner as
to cause no unnecessary injury upon any land in order to make exam-
inations and surveys related to state planning;

(g)  Hold hearings whenever he deems it necessary on matters of
state planning, after notice to interested parties;

(h) Attend meetings of regional or metropolitan planning com-
missions and interstate and other planning conferences, in the inter-
est of intergovernmental planning cooperation;

(i) Exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the dis-
charge of his duties.

5. State Planning Department; staff

The Director of State Planning shall appoint and remove the staff
of the State Planning Department. Such appointments and removals
shall be in accordance with the provisions of the classified service
laws in Article 64A of this Code, except that the Director may
appoint two members of the staff outside the provisions of Article
64A, to serve at his pleasure. The Director may make agreements
with heads of other state departments, agencies or local governments,
or regional, metropolitan, county, municipal or other local planning
agencies, for the temporary transfer of employees of such depart-
ments, agencies, local governments or such planning agencies to the
State Planning Department or for the temporary transfer of em-
ployees of the State Planning Department to such departments,
agencies, local governments or such planning agencies, and for the
temporary exchange of employees between the State Planning De-
partment and such other agencies, for periods not exceeding ninety
days for any one transfer. Such agreements shall not require the
approval of the State Commissioner of Personnel, and employees so
transferred shall, for purposes of the provisions of the classified
service law, be deemed to have continued to serve in the position
from which they were temporarily transferred or exchanged. In con-
nection with such temporary transfers or exchanges of employees,
the Director may agree to reimburse, or to receive reimbursement