MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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approval of the planning schedule which shall be
contained therein[,] shall constitute concurrence in the
initiation of plans proposed in the budget for any single
fiscal year. The District Council may modify or change
the schedule contained in [said] THE proposed budget.
Further, the District Council may direct the Commission
to initiate any plan or part thereof, and the Commission
shall initiate [such] THE plan with reasonable promptness
to the extent [fund] FUNDS are available for [such] THIS
purpose.

(2)    Each District Council shall establish by
ordinance or subsequent amendment thereto, after public
hearing, ([thirty (30)] 30 days' notice of the time and
place of which shall be given by at least one publication
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
affected) procedures for the submission, adoption,
approval, and amendment of any plan or part thereof by
the commission. [Such] THE procedures may include
requirements for submission to an approval by the
District Council of preliminary concepts, guidelines,
goals, or plans. The procedures shall include provision
for adoption and amendment of plans by the Commission
after at least one public hearing thereon, [thirty (30)]
30 days' notice of the time and place which shall be
given by at least one publication in a newspaper of
general circulation in the County affected by the plan.
They may also include procedures for the approval of each
plan or amendment thereto by the District Council; and
shall include a method for the certification and filing
of the plan by the Commission in the office of the clerk
of the Circuit Courts of Montgomery and Prince George's
counties and provisions for publication by the Commission
of adopted and approved plans. Any plans heretofore
adopted shall remain in effect according to present
provisions unless or until amended or superseded
pursuant to procedures established under the provisions
of this [Act] ARTICLE. The existing provisions of the
Maryland—Washington Regional District Law (Section 63 of
Chapter 780 of the Laws of Maryland 1959, as amended)
repealed by [this act] CHAPTER 711 OF THE LAWS OF
MARYLAND 1969 relating to procedural matters shall remain
in full force and effect unless or until specifically
superseded or amended in accordance with the power and
authority granted herein. This subsection is intended to
vest control over planning procedures in the respective
District Councils, to the extent that [such] control is
not inconsistent with other provisions of the Regional
District Act, and nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to authorize any transfer or dilution of planning
authority and responsibility now vested in the commission
planning boards, and District Councils.

(3)    Adoption. The adoption or amendment of any