1396                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 869

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the
Northern Virginia Regional Planning and Economic Development
Commission , THE MARYLAND STATE PLANNING DEPART-
MENT and the Commission of Fine Arts. Such cooperation shall in-
clude the creation, as necessary, of technical TECHNICAL committees
composed of personnel, appointed by such agencies, concerned with
planning and collection and analysis of data relative to decision-
making in the transportation planning process.

317-15. Adoption of Mass Transit Plan—

(a) Before a mass transit plan is adopted, altered, revised or
amended, the Board shall transmit such proposed plan, alteration,
revision or amendment for comment to the following: AND TO SUCH
OTHER AGENCIES AS THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE:

(1)     the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Northern
Virginia Transportation Commission and the Washington Suburban
Transit Commission;

(2)     the governing bodies of the Counties and Cities embraced
within the Zone;

(3)     the highway agencies of the Signatories;

(4)    the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission;

(5)     the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments;

(6)     the National Capital Planning Commission;

(7)     the National Capital Regional Planning Council;

(8)     the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com-
mission;

(9)     the Northern Virginia Regional Planning and Economic
Development Commission; and

(10) THE MARYLAND STATE PLANNING DEPARTMENT;
AND

(10) (11) the private transit companies operating in the Zone and
the Labor Unions representing the employees of such companies-

AND EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS PROVIDING SERVICE
UNDER OPERATING CONTRACTS.

Information with respect thereto shall be released to the public.
A copy of the proposed mass transit plan, amendment or revision,
shall be kept at the office of the Board and shall be available for
public inspection. After thirty days' notice published once a week
for two successive weeks in one or more newspapers of general
circulation within the Zone, a public hearing shall be held with
respect to the proposed plan, alteration, revision or amendment.
The thirty days' notice shall begin to run on the first day the notice
appears in any such newspaper. The Board shall consider the
evidence submitted and statements and comments made at such
hearing and may make any changes in the proposed plan, amend-
ment or revision which it deems appropriate and such changes may
be made without further hearing.