MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

3679

[70-6, 70-7 and 70-8] 2-101 OF THIS ARTICLE. [The word,
"County Council" as used in this section shall mean the
Montgomery County Council.]

(b)    The Commission shall maintain a minute or
record book and therein record its actions in usual
corporate form, but with respect to any action
authorizing, modifying, or rescinding the adoption of a
Raster Plan, approval of plats of subdivision, approval
of subdivision or other regulations, recommendations on
zoning map amendments, or zoning text amendments the
votes of the members shall be separately taken and
recorded by yeas, nays, and abstentions, [provided
however] AND the reasons for [such] EACH abstention shall
be recorded. The names of the [respective] Commission
members [so] voting or abstaining shall be included in
the minute entry following a brief resume of the matter
on which the vote was taken. The minute or record books
shall be kept available and open to public inspection
during business hours in the Commission's principal
[office] OFFICES.

(c)  [(i)] (1) All applicants for appointment or
reappointment as commissioners of The Maryland—National
Capital Park and Planning Commission shall be interviewed
by the County Council or its designated agent in private
as to any possible or potential conflict of interest.
The applicant shall be questioned under oath specifically
on, but not limited to, all sources of income, property
holdings, business interests and financial interests, as
well as the similar interest of the applicant's spouse,
father, mother, brother, sister or child. The County
Council may require the production of any document it
wishes the applicant to produce. The interview shall be
conducted in a question and answer fashion, and a written
transcript shall be made of all [said] questions and
answers.

[(ii)] (2) When the testimony is fully
transcribed the transcript shall be submitted to the
applicant for examination and shall be read to or by him,
unless [such] THE examination and reading are waived by
him. Any changes which the applicant desires to make
shall be entered upon the transcript by the officer
transcribing [same] IT with a statement of the reason
given by the applicant for making them. The transcript
shall then be signed by the applicant; and the officer
transcribing [same] IT shall certify on the transcript
that the applicant was duly sworn by him and that the
transcript is a true record of the testimony given by the
applicant.

[(iii)] (3) There shall be a public disclosure
by the County Council, of the complete transcribed