1574                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 711

nection with publication of proposed amendments in the zoning
regulations or maps shall be paid by the persons or corporations
making application for such changes. In Montgomery County, any
member of the district council may vote on any application heard or
reviewed by a Hearing Examiner or board, as provided hereinafter,
without the necessity of either having attended the public hearing
or having read the record file. However, any member who for any
reason does not attend a hearing conducted only by the district coun-
cil and not reviewed by a Hearing Examiner or board must read and
initial the record file before voting on the application.]

[(d)] (C) Referral to incorporated municipalities. Before the
district council of the Maryland-Washington Regional District in
Montgomery County and Prince George's County may amend the zon-
ing ordinance of either county by changing the zoning classification of
property within any incorporated municipality, the application for
such change shall be referred to the governing body of such incor-
porated municipality for its recommendation, allowing such govern-
ing body if it be within the confines of Prince George's County sixty
(60) days in which to make its recommendation; provided, that in
Montgomery County a two-thirds majority of all the members of the
district council shall be required before said council may change the
zoning classification of property within any incorporated municipal-
ity contrary to the recommendation of such municipality thereon.
For purposes of this section the term "incorporated municipality"
shall include any city, town, village, or any special taxing area
which has an elected local governing body and performs general
municipal functions.]

[(c)] (D) [(e)] Availability of records. All applications for
zoning map amendments, and all official correspondence and records
relating thereto, prepared or received by the Commission, shall be
made available to the public during regular business hours during
working days of the Commission, provided that the Commission
may publish rules to prevent such access from unreasonably disrupt-
ing its official business. However, under any circumstances, copies
of technical staff reports shall be available at the office of the Com-
mission for the public.

[(f) Procedure in Montgomery County. (1) The County Coun-
cil for Montgomery County, sitting as a district council, may appoint
such full and part-time Hearing Examiners or a board as in its dis-
cretion may be deemed necessary and appropriate, and may delegate
to the said Hearing Examiner or examiners or board the power to
hold and conduct public hearings as required and set forth in sub-
section (c) herein.]

[(2) The Montgomery County Hearing Examiner or examiners
or members of board shall be appointed for such term of office,
possessed of such qualifications, and shall receive such compensation
as may be required or pro