MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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the proposed budgets of the Commission not earlier than
21 calendar days following receipt from the County
Executive. Thereafter, on or before June 1 of each year,
the County Councils shall approve the budgets and
transmit them to the Commission. The budgets may be
amended as hereinafter provided. Each County Council may
add to, delete from, increase, or decrease, an item of
either budget, and shall transmit by May 15, any proposed
changes to the other County Council for review and
concurrence. In the event of the failure of both
Councils to concur in a change with respect to any item
by June 1, that failure to concur shall constitute
approval of the item submitted by the Commission. If
the County Councils fail to approve the budgets on or
before June 1 of each year the proposed budgets of the
Commission shall stand adopted.

(e)    Budget Supplements. The Commission may submit
to the County Executive of both counties proposed
supplements to the approved budgets. The submittals
shall include full particulars. Within ten days of
receipt of the proposed supplements, the County Executive
of each county shall transmit them to the County Council
of that county, together with his recommendations. Each
County Council may hold a public hearing on the proposed
supplements. Each County Council may add to, delete
from, increase or decrease the proposed supplements.
Failure of both County Councils to jointly approve
additions to, deletions from, increases or decreases in
the proposed supplements within 60 days of the date of
transmittal of the proposed supplements to both County
Executives by the Commission shall constitute disapproval
of the supplements by the County Councils of Montgomery
and Prince George's Counties as submitted by the
Commission.

(f)    Water and sewer rate and ad valorem tax levies
[[recommendatins]] recommendations. Through joint action
the County Councils may recommend to the Commission the
rates for water consumption and sewer usage charges and
ad valorem tax levies they deem necessary. These joint
recommendations shall be made by the Councils upon
transmission of the approved budget of the Commission and
not later than June 1 of each year. Upon receipt of the
budgets and recommendations from the County Councils, the
Commission shall approve the rate schedule and shall take
into consideration the proposed rate changes recommended
by the joint action of the Councils. The rates for sewer
and water usage charges shall be uniform throughout the
Sanitary District. However, they shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 6—3 (83-62 and 86-6—3) of this
Code.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 1—4 of the Code of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary District (1969 Edition, as amended), being also
Section 86-1—4 of the Public Local Laws of Montgomery