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15 "Litter" means all rubbish, waste material, refuse, garbage,
trash, debris, dead animals or other discarded materials of any kind
and description.

   16 "Public or private property" means the right-of-way of any

road or highway; any body of water or watercourse or the shores or
beaches thereof; any park, playground, building, refuge of conserva-
tion or recreation area, any residential or farm properties, timber-

lands or forest.

(b) 1 (I) The governing body of each county shall, adopt and
submit to the Department, a county plan dealing with water supply
systems and sewerage systems no later than January 1, 1970, and a
complete county plan dealing also with solid waste disposal systems
and solid water WASTE acceptance facilities no later than January

1, 1974; and a complete county plan dealing with a systematic pro-

gram for the collection and disposal of litter, refuse, or other solid

wastes no later than July 1, 1972 AND THAT THIS PLAN DEAL

WITH A SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION
AND DISPOSAL OF LITTER, REFUSE, OR OTHER SOLID
WASTES; and shall from time to time submit amendments or
revisions of such plan, as it deems necessary or as may be re-
quired by the Department provided said governing body shall give
notice to the principal elected official of any municipal corporation
concerned, who shall be granted an opportunity to be heard with
respect to such plans, amendments or revisions, and after said govern-
ing body has given reasonable opportunity for a public hearing to be
held thereon.

(II) In Prince George's and Montgomery counties the governing
bodies shall respectively establish the goals, purposes and concepts
that each desires to serve as a basis for the plans for its county which
are required by this section and transmit the same not later than
May 1, 1968, and with annual revisions on the first day of July, 1970
and on the first day of July in each year thereafter, to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission, directing the said Commission to
immediately prepare and coordinate with the governing bodies the
water and sewerage county plans and all revisions and amendments
thereto, which are required by or provided for in this section and
all of such revisions, plans and amendments shall be submitted by
the said Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to the respective
governing bodies not later than October 15, 1969 and annually there-
after no later than October 1st, for their consideration and action.
The governing body of each of the two mentioned counties shall hold
a public hearing on the county plan, and the annual review thereof,
ten days notice of which shall be given by one publication in a news-
paper or newspapers of general circulation in the respective counties.
Where recommendations have been received from the Maryland-
National Capital Park and Planning Commission as provided for in
subsection (b) (4) (vii) hereof the Sanitary Commission does not
agree therewith, the Sanitary Commission shall submit, in writing,
to the applicable governing body, its reasons for not accepting such
recommendation and furnish a copy to the said Park and Planning
Commission. Where recommendations for any change in a proposed
county plan are received from the Park and Planning Commission,
the applicable governing body shall separately consider and vote on
each item which received such recommendation. After the respective
public hearings, each governing body shall review and amend as it