3740

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 892

(a)     Land for highways, schools and other public
uses. The Commission [is authorized to] MAY include in
its annual budget provision for the acquisition of lands,
needed for arterial limited access highways and for
school sites and other public uses, except streets or
roads (other than such arterial limited access highways),
[[within the Regional District]] in Montgomery County,
[Any such] THE arterial limited access highway, school
site, or other public use must be shown upon the
Commission's general plan for the physical development of
the Regional District AND EACH SUCH ACQUISITION SHALL
HAVE RECEIVED THE APPROVAL BY FORMAL RESOLUTION OF THE
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. [Any such] THE
arterial limited access highway or school site or other
public use may not be within the road construction
program or other public construction program current at
the time of acquisition. 80 school site [shall] MAY be
acquired under the terms of this section without the
prior approval of the Montgomery County Board of
Education.

(b)     Land acquisition revolving funds. For the
purposes of this section the Commission [is authorized
to] MAY establish in its annual budget a continuing land
acquisition revolving fund from which disbursements for
the purposes of this section shall be made. None of the
provisions in this [subtitle] ARTICLE relating to
unexpended balances [shall apply] APPLIES to the land
acquisition revolving fund.

(c)    Transfer and use of lands acquired. At any
time after [such] THE acquisition, the Commission may
transfer the land [so] acquired in any case to any
construction agency of the State [of Maryland], or to
either county or to any incorporated municipality within
EITHER COUNTY [[the Regional District]], upon repayment
to the Commission of the funds [so] disbursed by the
Commission for the land, plus interest. The amount of
any [such] repayment shall be placed in the land
acquisition revolving fund. If the land [so] acquired in
any case is determined by the state construction agency
for the county or municipality not to be required for
public use, the Commission may use the land as a part of
its park system, but such use by the Commission for park
or recreation purposes [shall] IS not [be deemed to be] a
dedication for [such] THESE purposes. If the land is
determined by the Commission at any time not to be needed
for park purposes the Commission may dispose of it in the
manner provided elsewhere in this [subtitle] ARTICLE.

(d)    The Commission [is authorized to] MAY include
in its annual budget provision for the acquisition of
lands, needed for arterial limited access highways and
for school sites and other public uses, except streets or