MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       1555

county governing body's advice and direction, the commission shall
submit the proposed amendment, with its resolution thereon, to the
county governing body which initiated the same and at the same
time transmit a copy thereof to the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. Thereafter the same procedures shall be
followed with respect to such proposed amendment as are specified
in subsections (b), (c) and (d), above, including the requirement of
a public hearing, within the time limitations and upon the prior
notice specified in said subsection (d), and the procedures which
are specified in the aforegoing provisions of this subsection (g) and
in subsection (i) hereof.]

[(h) Cooperation among the counties and agencies. It is the
intention of the General Assembly that the Sanitary Commission,
the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the
County Council for Montgomery County and the Board of County
Commissioners for Prince George's County shall cooperate to the
fullest extent in seeking to attain maximum harmony of the water
and sanitary sewerage construction programs with the other ele-
ments of orderly growth in the two Counties. The two Commissions,
the County Council and the Board of County Commissioners are
encouraged to meet and discuss the programs in discussion and work
sessions, and the Sanitary Commission shall give to the County Coun-
cil and the Board of County Commissioners such additional in-
formation and details, either orally or in writing, as the latter may
request in connection with their respective considerations of the
programs.]

[(i) Method of Sanitary Commission adoption. The Commis-
sion's proposed programs and any amendment thereto shall be pre-
pared and submitted as hereinabove recited. The adoption of the
final five year program, each year, and of any interim amendment
thereto, to be effective shall be by resolution of a majority of the
members of the Sanitary Commission and, in addition, all the projects
or portions thereof in each program proposed exclusively to provide
service in Montgomery County and Prince George's County, respec-
tively, shall be approved by a majority of the Sanitary Commissioners
from the respective County. In finally adopting each five year water
and sewer program or any interim amendment thereto the Commis-
sion shall amend its respective proposal where such amendment is
required by the aforegoing subsections of this section.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That subsections (a) to (i),
inclusive, of Sections 83-96 of the Code of Public Laws of Prince
George's County and of Section 71-45 of the Montgomery County
Code, as enacted by Chapter 194 of the Acts of 1967, be, and they
are hereby repealed, except to the extent provided for in provisions
relative to the transitional period set forth in Section 1 of this Act,
with all of the said subsections being finally repealed June 30, 1970,
the termination of the transition period.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if