WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 629

this manner shall be deemed to have been confirmed. The Commission shall elect a
chairman and vice-chairman from those members designated as above. The chairman
shall preside at meetings of the Commission and perform the other customary duties of
the office. The vice-chairman shall preside in the absence of the chairman. The
chairman and the vice-chairman of the Commission also serve as chairmen of their
respective county planning boards, as constituted in this article.

2-118.

(a) (5) Each county council, upon approval of the budget, shall deliver it
within three calendar days to the respective county executive who, within ten days
thereafter, may disapprove or reduce any item contained in it. If the county executive
disapproves, reduces or modifies any item in the budget, he shall return it to the
respective county council with the reasons for his disapproval or reduction stated in
writing. Budget item refers to items within the funds described herein or the planning
work program. The Montgomery County Council may, by affirmative vote of [5] 6 of its
members, and the Prince George's County Council may, by affirmative vote of a
majority of its members, reapprove or restore any item over the disapproval of the
respective county executive within 30 calendar days.

7-108.

(d) (1) Initiation. The Commission may initiate any plan or part thereof with
the concurrence of the district council of the county or counties in which the area of the
proposed plan is located, provided that review of the Commission's proposed budget by
the district council and approval of the planning schedule which shall be contained
therein shall constitute concurrence in the initiation of plans proposed in the budget for
any single fiscal year. The district council may modify or change the schedule contained
in the proposed budget. In Montgomery County, any modification or change shall be
done only with the approval of the County Executive. In the event of executive veto, the
council may override the veto by an affirmative vote of [5] 6 members. Further, the
district council may direct the Commission to initiate any plan or part thereof, and the
Commission shall initiate the plan with reasonable promptness to the extent funds are
available for this purpose.

(2) Procedures in Montgomery County.

(i) The district council shall establish by ordinance or subsequent
amendment thereto, after public hearing, (30 days' notice of the time and place of
which shall be given by 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

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