1428                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 870

(b) Such coordination of planning shall be achieved, as follows:

(1)    It shall be the duty and responsibility of each member of
the Commission to serve as the liaison between the Commission,
and the County by which he was appointed AND THE CITIES
AND TOWNS LOCATED THEREIN and those members of the
Commission who are also members of the Authority shall provide
liaison between the Commission and the Authority to the end that the
Commission, its component governments THE COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS EMBRACED WITHIN THE DISTRICT and such Au-
thority, shall be continuously, comprehensively, and mutually advised
of plans, policies and actions requiring consideration in the plan-
ning for transit and in the development of planned transit facilities. ;

(2)    Cooperate with and participate in any continuous, compre-
hensive, transportation planning process cooperatively established
by the State Roads Commission of Maryland and the Counties and
cities embraced within the District to meet the planning standards
now or hereafter prescribed by the Federal-Aid Highway Acts; and

(3)    To the extent not inconsistent with or in duplication of the
planning process specified in Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph
(b), cooperate with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission, MARYLAND STATE PLANNING DEPART-
MENT, the National Capital Regional Planning Council, the
Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, the Washing-
ton Metropolitan Area Transit Commission and the Maryland State
Roads Commission. Such cooperation shall include the creation, as
necessary, of technical committees composed of personnel concerned
with planning and collection and analysis of data relative to decision-
making in the transportation planning process.

(4) Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Commission shall comply with the provisions of Acts of General
Assembly 1959, Chapter 780, Section 67, with respect to the referral
to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
of the projects therein specified.

19.    Records and Reports

(a)    The Commission shall keep and preserve complete and ac-
curate accounts and records of all monies received and disbursed
by it and of all of its business and operations and of all property
and funds owned or managed by it or under its control.

(b)    On or before the first day of December in each year, the
Commission shall make an annual report of the activities of the
District for the preceding fiscal year to the County Council of
Montgomery County and to the Board of County Commissioners
of Prince George's County. Each such report shall include a com-
plete operating and financial statement covering the operations of
the District during the year. The Commission shall cause an audit
to be made of the books and accounts of the District at least once
in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof
shall be treated as an item of administrative expense.

20.    Tax Exemption

The exercise of the powers granted by this subtitle is in all respects
for the benefit of the people of the State of Maryland and of the