J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1149

tion] programs for the ensuing five years until it shall have received
from said Park and Planning Commission its comment and recom-
mendations on the proposed programs or until twenty-five days shall
have passed, whichever shall be sooner. If [said] the Park and
Planning Commission shall recommend any changes or deletions in
the proposed program, it shall state its reasons therefor, in writing,
and the Sanitary Commission shall re-examine its proposed pro-
grams and give due weight to the recommendations of said Park
and Planning Commission before final adoption of the programs, it
being the intent of the General Assembly that the two Commissions
shall make every reasonable effort to reach agreement with respect
to the programs required by this section, but that the Sanitary
Commission's right to make the final decision in the event of dis-
agreement shall not be impaired, except as hereinafter provided. If
the Sanitary Commission shall propose a resolution amending any
duly adopted [construction] program in accordance with this sec-
tion, such proposed resolution shall, before final adoption, be trans-
mitted, along with a statement of explanation, to the said Park and
Planning Commission and the same procedures shall be followed as
set forth herein for the five-year program and annual revisions
thereof.

[(c)] (d) Submitted to Montgomery County Council. In addi-
tion to the above and not in substitution therefor, at least fifty days
before final adoption by the Sanitary Commission of the five year
programs, of the annual revisions and of any interim amendment, it
shall submit to the Montgomery County Council the portion of [its
five-year projected] such programs or revisions or amendments [of]
concerning major extensions of sewer and water facilities in Mont-
gomery County. [, and the annual revisions thereof and any resolu-
tion proposing an amendment thereto, all of which submissions shall
be made at least fifty days before final action is taken by the Sanitary
Commission. The commission shall submit to the County Council,
with its projected program, for information and review, all pre-
viously approved projects which have not been contracted for con-
struction.] The County Council shall hold a public hearing thereon,
ten days' notice of which shall be given by one publication in a
newspaper or newspapers [,] of general circulation in Montgomery
County. Such public hearing shall be held not less than twenty-five
nor more than thirty-five days after submission of the program to
[said] the Council. If, thereafter, the County Council shall not
respond within forty-five days of receipt of [such] the Commis-
sion's submission, its consent thereto shall be assumed. If the County
Council shall disapprove any project in Montgomery County [,]
contained in any such submission, or shall request deferral of any
scheduled priority for any such project, or shall request that no
connection or access be permitted on any project or portion thereof,
the Sanitary Commission shall amend its program accordingly, but
the County Council's disapproval of a water project shall not extend
to one designed to provide significant water service to Prince
George's County, and in such situation the County Council may
designate the portion of the water line within Montgomery County
as a limited access line with respect to connections in Montgomery
County. Where recommendations have been received from the Park
and Planning Commission and the Sanitary Commission does not
agree therewith, the Sanitary Commission shall submit, in writing,
to the Montgomery County Council, its reasons for not accepting