1526                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 688

merits program. The capital improvements program shall include a
statement of the objectives of the capital programs and relationship
of these programs to the county's adopted long range development
plans; shall recommend capital projects and a construction sched-
ule; and shall provide an estimate of cost, a statement of all funding
sources. The capital improvements program shall include all capital
projects and programs of the authority., INCLUDING SUBSTAN-
TIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF PROJECTS
PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED. NO SUCH IMPROVEMENTS OR
EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING PROJECTS SHALL BE UNDER-
TAKEN UNLESS INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVE-
MENTS PROGRAM. The County Executive shall include the author-
ity's six-year program, with his recommended revisions and modifica-
tions, in the comprehensive six-year program submitted to the county
council pursuant to Section 302 of the Charter for Montgomery
County.

The council shall, on or before adoption of its annual budget and
appropriations resolution, adopt a six-year capital improvements
program for the authority as a part of the comprehensive six-year
program. Such adoption shall occur only after public hearings
thereon which may be conducted in conjunction with public hearings
on the county's and other agencies' six-year programs or capital
budgets. In its adoption, the council may make such amendments,
revisions or modifications as it may determine. Any such amend-
ment, revision or modification shall not become final until submission
to the authority for written comment on at least thirty days' notice.

The capital budget of the authority for the succeeding fiscal year
shall include such projects so as to be in full conformity with that
part of the capital program adopted for the first of the six-year pro-
gram. No such capital project shall be undertaken, in whole or in
part, which is not in conformity with that part of the program ap-
plicable to that year unless the same shall be amended by the council
on its own initiative or at the request of the authority and after
public hearing upon reasonable notice.

(b) Notice of Proposed Project; Rejection by Council.

Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this article to the
contrary, before the undertaking and commencement of a project,
the authority shall advise the county council in writing of its inten-
tion to so undertake such project outlining the type and nature and
the estimated cost thereof, and prior to the issuance of any bonds
therefor, with such clarity and in such detail as may be practicable.
Upon receipt of such advice from the authority, the council shall
consider the same and if the council objects thereto by resolution
duly adopted, it shall so notify the authority within a period of not
more than sixty days following the submission of the project to the
council by the authority. A copy of such resolution of rejection by
the co