MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               1333

RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, AND
CIVIC GROUPS AND PRIVATE PERSONS AND INTERESTED
ORGANIZATIONS AS IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE, RECOMMENDATIONS
AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO POSSIBLE AREAS OF CRITICAL STATE
CONCERN. THE BOARD SHALL GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO ANY
SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS IT RECEIVES;

(3) AT LEAST 60 DAYS PRIOR TO DESIGNATING AN AREA,

OR TO ADOPTING ANY GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA PERTAINING__TO

AN AREA, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN EACH" COUNTY WITHIN

WHOSE BOUNDARIES ANY PART OF AN AREA OF CRITICAL STATE
CONCERN IS PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED OR FOR WHICH
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ARE PROPOSED. WHERE THERE IS
MORE THAN ONE COUNTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A PROPOSED
DESIGNATION OR FOP. WHICH GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ARE
PROPOSED, A PUBLIC HEARING MAY BE WAIVED BY THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ANY ONE OF SUCH COUNTIES, ON BEHALF
OF SUCH COUNTY IN WRITING AFTER A NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING, PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING IS
HELD. THE HEARING SHALL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING
COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC [[,]] AND THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AFFECTED. THE BOARD SHALL GIVE AT
LEAST [[20]] 60 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE THE HEARING [[ , ]] TO
THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AS WELL
AS PUBLISHING NOTICE IN A NEWSPAPER OF STATEWIDE
CIRCULATION AND IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN OR HAVING
GENERAL CIRCULATION IN EACH AFFECTED COUNTY. THE BOARD
ALSO SHALL SEND A NOTICE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL
TO THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN THE
PROPOSED DESIGNATED AREA OR WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY ANY
PROPOSED GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA AS THAT NAME AND ADDRESS
IS RECORDED AMONG THE PROPERTY TAX RECORDS OF THE
APPROPRIATE COUNTY OR COUNTIES. HOWEVER, UNINTENTIONAL
FAILURE TO SEND SUCH NOTICE TO ANY PERSON SHALL NOT
INVALIDATE THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION [[ON]] OR THE
PROPOSED GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA, AS LONG AS NOTICE IS
PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
THE NOTICE SHALL STATE THE PURPOSE, DATE, TIME, AND PLACE
OF THE HEARING.

(D) SUBSEQUENT TO THE DESIGNATION OF AN AREA OF
CRITICAL STATE CONCERN,. THE BOARD SHALL FILE THE FORMAL

DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF

APPROPRIATELY ILLUSTRATED MAPS OR PLATS THEREOF, AND THE
APPLICABLE ADOPTED GUIDELINES' AND CRITERIA FOR THE USE
OF, DEVELOPMENT, OR CONSTRUCTION ON THE PARTICULAR
DESIGNATED AREA WITH (1) THE APPROPRIATE UNIT OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, (2)
WITH THE LAND RECORDS OFFICE IN THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES
WITHIN WHICH THE PARTICULAR DESIGNATED AREA LIES, AND (3)
WITH THE SECRETARY,

(E) AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS, THE BOARD

SHALL REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE STATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS