1546                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 700

Suburban Sanitary District, and repealing the present subsections
concerning five-year water and sewerage programs, but with pro-
visions for the transitional period until the first capital improve-
ments program required by this Act is adopted.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 83-96 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1963 Edition) and Section 71-45 of the Mont-
gomery County Code (1965 Edition), being Articles 17 and 16,
respectively, of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, titles
"Prince George's County" and "Montgomery County," subtitle
"Washington Suburban Sanitary District," as the same were last
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, by Chapter 194 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1967, be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

83-96. (71-45).

(a)    Commission's six-year capital improvements program of
water and sanitary sewerage facilities. Prior to October 1st of
each calendar year, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the
governing body of each county in the Sanitary District a six-year
projected program of capital improvements with respect to water
and sanitary sewerage facilities, the same hereinafter being referred
to as the Commission's capital improvements program. The Com-
mission's capital improvements program shall include a statement
of the objectives of the several projects or individual programs
therein and their relationship to the long-range development plans
of the respective county governing bodies, as the same shall have
been designated to the Commission by the county governing body.
The Commission's capital improvements program shall, for each
project, show a projected construction schedule, an estimate of cost,
and a statement of funding sources, including contributions which
may be required for the effectuation of a project. The Commission's
capital improvements program shall include for each major water
and sewer project, the information and documentation for the six-
year period therein covered which it is required to submit, to the date
of the capital improvements program, under the provisions of Sec-
tion 387C of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland concern-
ing 10-year water and sewerage programs. As used herein the term
"county governing body" shall mean the County Council for Mont-
gomery County and the Board of County Commissioners for Prince
George's County or such governing body for each county, respec-
tively, as may be provided by law or instrument of charter, if adopted,
and the requirements or responsibilities stated in this Section 83-96
(71-45) of the county governing body shall be performed by the
branch or branches of such overall county governing body as may
be provided by such other law or charter.

(b)