1944                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 535

at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in
the County), procedures for the submission, adoption, approval,
and amendment of any plan or part thereof by the Commission. The
procedures may include requirements for submission to and
approval by the district council of preliminary concepts,
guidelines, goals, or plans. The procedures shall include
provision for adoption and amendment of plans by the Commission
after at least one public hearing thereon, 30 days' notice of the
time and place which shall be given by at least one publication
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. They may
also include procedures for the approval of each plan or
amendment thereto by the district council; and shall include a
method for the certification and filing of the plan by the
Commission in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of
Montgomery County and provisions for publication by the
Commission of adopted and approved plans. Any plans heretofore
adopted shall remain in effect according to present provisions
unless or until amended or superseded pursuant to procedures
established under the provisions of this article. The existing
provisions of the Maryland-Washington Regional District Law (§ 63
of Chapter 780 of the Laws of Maryland 1959, as amended) repealed
by Chapter 711 of the Laws of Maryland 1969 relating to
procedural matters shall remain in full force and effect unless
or until specifically superseded or amended in accordance with
the power and authority granted herein. This subsection is
intended to vest control over planning procedures in the
respective district councils, to the extent that control is not
inconsistent with other provisions of the Regional District Act,
and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any
transfer or dilution of planning authority and responsibility now
vested in the Commission planning boards, and district councils.

(II) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, ON THE INITIATION OF A MASTER
PLAN OR AMENDMENT TO A MASTER PLAN BY THE COMMISSION, THE
COMMISSION SHALL COORDINATE ITS WORK SCHEDULE WITH THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE WHO SHALL FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE
PLAN OR AMENDMENT. ITEMS TO BE PREPARED ADDRESSED BY THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE SHALL INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, FISCAL, AND WATER AND
SEWER, OTHER PUBLIC FACILITY AND SERVICES PORTIONS, AND FISCAL
PORTIONS OF THE PLAN OR AMENDMENT. ON COMPLETION OF THE PLAN OR
AMENDMENT, THE PLANNING BOARD SHALL TRANSMIT THE PLAN OR

AMENDMENT TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR REVIEW, PUBLIC HEARING,
AND SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS ANY MODIFICATIONS
DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. WITHIN 60 DAYS, THE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL TRANSMIT THE PLAN OR AMENDMENT TO THE
DISTRICT COUNCIL. WITHIN 180 DAYS, DISTRICT COUNCIL SHALL
APPROVE, MODIFY, OR DISAPPROVE THE PLAN OR AMENDMENT. IF THE
COUNCIL MODIFIES AND APPROVES THE PLAN OR AMENDMENT, THE COUNCIL
SHALL RETURN THE PLAN OR AMENDMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS TO THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE WHO SHALL APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE PLAN OR AMENDMENT
WITHIN 10 DAYS. IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE DISAPPROVES THE PLAN OR
AMENDMENT, IT SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL WITH THE REASONS
FOR THE DISAPPROVAL STATED IN WRITING. THE COUNCIL BY THE
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 5 OF ITS MEMBERS, WITHIN 10 DAYS, MAY APPROVE