1320                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 291

call of the Secretary or on the call of the chairman.
The chairman shall call a meeting of the Commission
whenever requested to do so by the Secretary [of State
Planning] or by any three members of the Commission. The
Secretary [of State Planning] shall designate another
member of the staff of the Department [of State
Planning], who shall serve as Secretary to the Commission
in addition to his regular duties of employment with the
Department [of State Planning].

(b)      Subcommittees. —The [State Planning]
Commission may from time to time, with the approval of
the Secretary [of State Planning], establish
subcommittees and may delegate such of its functions to
subcommittees as it may deem appropriate. The chairman
of the [Planning] Commission may appoint to membership of
the subcommittees nonmembers of the Commission specially
qualified in matters to be considered by such
subcommittees. Unless authorized by a majority vote of
the [State Planning] Commission, and approved by the
Secretary [of State Planning], the number of such special
subcommittee members serving on any one subcommittee
shall be less than the number of members of the [State
Planning] Commission serving on such subcommittee. All
members of a subcommittee shall be reimbursed for
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties.

(c)    Advisory functions. —The [State Planning]
Commission shall advise and report to the Secretary [of
State Planning] on all matters submitted to it by the
Secretary, such as, but not limited to, the [State
Development] Plan, current operations and activities of
the Department [of State Planning], the needs of the
State for further development, the establishment of
regional or metropolitan planning areas, the
effectiveness of the Department and its planning
activities, and public awareness and understanding of the
objectives and functions of State and local planning.
The [State Planning] Commission may, with the approval of
the Secretary [of State Planning], hold public or private
hearings and sponsor public forums in any part of the
State whenever it deems it necessary or useful in
connection with its advisory functions.

[5.] 7. Submission, ADOPTION, APPROVAL, filing and
distribution of THE [State development] plan.

[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 Secretary of State
Planning shall submit the same to the Governor, who may
file it, together with his comments, in the office of the