378                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 155

approval of the Secretary of State Planning, hold public or private
hearings and sponsor public forums in any part of the State when-
ever it deems it necessary or useful in connection with its advisory
functions.

[8.] 5. Upon the preparation of the State development plan or
of any substantial phase or part thereof, or upon the preparation of
an amendment or revision of or addition to the State development
plan, the [Director] Secretary of State Planning shall [first
submit the plan, phase or functional part, amendment, revision or
extension thereof or addition thereto to the State Planning Com-
mission for its consideration and advice. Thereafter, the Director
shall] submit the same to the Governor, who may file it, together with
his comments, in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon filing it,
the Governor shall transmit copies thereof, together with copies of
his comments, to the heads of all departments and agencies of State
government and to the General Assembly. If the Governor files such
plan or part of a plan, the [State Planning Department] Depart-
ment of State Planning shall make copies of the material so filed
available for general distribution or sale.

[9.] 6. The [State Planning Department] Department of
State Planning shall prepare, amend and keep up to date a [six]
five-year program of State public works and major capital improve-
ment projects undertaken or recommended to be undertaken by the
State. Such program may also contain major projects undertaken
or recommended to be undertaken with State aid or under State
regulating REGULATION. In preparing the program, the [State
Planning Department] Department of State Planning shall have the
collaboration of the Department of Budget and [Procurement] Fiscal
Planning. The program shall classify projects in regard to the
urgency and need for their realization, and shall recommend a time
sequence for their construction. The program shall also contain the
contract price or estimated cost of each project and shall indicate
probable operating and maintenance costs and probable revenues, if
any, as well as existing sources of funds or the need for additional
sources of funds for the construction and operation of each project.
The capital program shall, as far as possible, be based on existing
information in the possession of the Department of State Planning,
the Department of Budget and [Procurement] Fiscal Planning and
other departments and agencies of State government. Heads of de-
partments and other agencies and instrumentalities of State govern-
ment shall transmit to the [Director] Secretary of State Planning a
statement of all capital projects proposed to be undertaken by their
departments or agencies for study, advice and recommendation by the
[State Planning Department] Department of State Planning and for
consideration f