MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       1553

newspapers of general circulation in that county. Such public hear-
ing shall be held not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-five
days after submission of the program to the county governing body.
If, thereafter, the county governing body, with respect to the portion
of the programs referred to it, shall not respond within forty-five
days of receipt of the Commission's submission, its consent thereto
shall be assumed. If the county governing body shall disapprove
any project in its 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 a county governing body's disapproval
of a water project shall not extend to one designed to provide signifi-
cant water service to the other county, and in such situation the
county governing body may designate the portion of the water line
within its county as a limited access line with respect to connections
in such 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 pertinent county governing body its reasons for not accepting
such recommendations and furnish a copy to the Park and Planning
Commission. Where recommendations for disapproval of a project
or a portion thereof or recommendations of designations of limited
access are received from the Park and Planning Commission, the
county governing body shall separately consider and vote on each
item which received such recommendation for disapproval or desig-
nation of limited access. If the county governing body shall recom-
mend the addition of a new project or an advance in the priority of
any project in its county, the Sanitary Commission shall amend its
program accordingly, but only if such amendment can be accom-
plished without causing the deletion or deferral of any project
scheduled or proposed for the other county. A county governing
body shall also have the authority to modify, defer or veto, and
direct that no construction be commenced on, any project which has
been previously approved by it but not yet contracted for construc-
tion by the commission; provided, that in the event that as a direct
result of the county governing body's change in an earlier approval
the commission becomes legally liable to third parties, the county
governing body shall be responsible for any such liability, and the
settlement or release of claims for such liabilities, if any, shall
be accomplished by the county governing body upon such basis as
it may negotiate with the claimant or by its payment of any final
judgment of any court award, and it shall have a right to intervene
in any such court proceedings prior to judgment and to interpose any
and all defenses available to it or the commission; and provided
further, that the county governing