Ch. 6 LAWS OF MARYLAND

procedures for enacting ordinances. If the governing body of the local jurisdiction
wishes to change. any part of the approved proposal before adoption, [it] THE
GOVERNING BODY shall submit the proposed change to the Commission for
approval. Unless the Commission approves the change or disapproves the change and
states in writing the reasons for [its] THE COMMISSION'S disapproval within 30 days
after [it] THE COMMISSION receives the change, the change shall be deemed
approved. A changed part may not be adopted until [it] THE CHANGED PART is
approved by the Commission.

(g) Each local jurisdiction shall review and propose any necessary amendments
to [its] THE LOCAL JURISDICTION'S program, including local zoning maps, at least
every 4 years. Amendments shall be submitted to and acted on by the Commission in
the same manner as the original program.

(j) Copies of each approved program, as [it] THE PROGRAM is amended
from time to time, shall be maintained by the local jurisdiction and the Commission in
a form available for public inspection.

8-1810.

(a) If a local jurisdiction fails to notify the Commission that [it] THE LOCAL
JURISDICTION will develop a program, fails to submit a proposed program or
changed proposal on time, or fails to obtain Commission approval of a proposed
program or changed proposal that is submitted, the Commission shall prepare and
adopt a program that satisfies the criteria adopted under § 8-1808 of this subtitle for
the part of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area in that local jurisdiction.

(b) Where a local jurisdiction fails to adopt or obtain Commission approval of a
program, the Commission shall [promulgate] ADOPT a program for that jurisdiction by
adopting [rules or] regulations in accordance with Title 2, Subtitle 5 (Joint Committee
on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review) and Title 10, Subtitle 1
(Administrative Procedure Act) of the State Government Article. Before the full
Commission [promulgates] ADOPTS a program under this subsection, [it] THE
COMMISSION shall appoint a panel of 3 of [its] THE COMMISSION'S members to
conduct in the affected jurisdiction at least 2 public hearings at least 10 days apart on
the proposed program, for which [two] 2 weeks notice shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the local jurisdiction. A program [promulgated]
ADOPTED by the Commission under this subsection shall supersede any inconsistent
local laws, ordinances, or plans.

8-1811.

(a) From the effective date of a program approved or adopted by the
Commission, a project approval that involves land located in the Chesapeake Bay
Critical Area may not be granted unless [it] THE PROJECT APPROVAL is consistent
and complies with the program.

(b) (1) The Commission shall adopt regulations identifying those classes of
applications for project approval of which [it] THE COMMISSION wishes to receive
notice.

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