SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1261

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 626
(House Bill 55)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Subsection (a)
of Section 1(71) of Chapter 780 of the Laws of Maryland, 1959,
(being also Section 59-76, Title "Park and Planning Commission,"
subtitle "Subdivision Regulations," Code of Public Local Laws,
Prince George's County, 1963 Edition, and Section 70-82, Title
"Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission,"
subtitle "Subdivision Regulations," Montgomery County Code,
(1965 Edition), to correct an error therein and; to permit the Sub-
division Regulations to make provision for the payment of a
monetary fee in lieu of dedication of open space in cases where
such dedication would be impractical, AND TO SET A LIMIT ON
THE MONETARY FEE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Subsection (a) of Section 1(71) of Chapter 780 of the Laws
of Maryland, 1959, as amended, be, and is hereby, repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

71.

(a) Authorized; purposes; restrictions. In exercising the pow-
ers granted to it by Section 70 of this Article, the Commission or
the governing body of either county may prepare regulations and
amendments thereto governing the subdivision of land within the
Regional District or the respective portions of the Regional District
within Montgomery or Prince George's County. The regulations
and amendments shall be adopted by the respective governing bodies
of the counties, with such changes as they may deem appropriate,
and shall be effective from the date of adoption or from such other
date as the governing body may designate, provided that such adop-
tion shall not affect in any manner the administration of the regula-
tions by the commission or its functions under Section 70 hereof.
In the event the Commission prepares or has prepared regulations
and amendments, which it presents to the governing body of the
applicable county for appropriate action, and such body does not
approve, modify or reject said regulations and amendments within
six (6) months from the date of receipt thereof from the Commis-
sion, said regulations and amendments shall be deemed approved
and have the force and effect of law. The regulations may provide
for (1) the harmonious development of the District; (2) the co-
ordination of roads within the subdivision with other existing, plan-
ned or platted roads or with other features of the District or with
the Commission's general plan or with any road plan adopted or
approved by the Commission as part of the Commission's general
plan; (3) adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light, and air
[;] by dedication or otherwise, and the dedication to public use or