HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b) 1. (I) The governing body of each county
shall, adopt and submit to the Department, a county plan
dealing with water supply systems and sewerage systems no
later than January 1, 1970, and a complete county plan
dealing also with solid waste disposal systems and solid
waste acceptance facilities no later than January 1, 1974;
and that this plan deal with a systematic program for the
collection and disposal of litter, refuse, or other solid
wastes; and shall from time to time submit amendments or
revisions of such plan, as it deems necessary or as may be
required by the Department provided said governing body
shall give notice to the principal elected official of any
municipal corporation concerned, who shall be granted an
opportunity to be heard with respect to such plans,
amendments or revisions, and after said governing body has
given reasonable opportunity for a public hearing to be held
thereon.

(II) In Prince George's County, the County
Council shall have the responsibility for the approval of
the plans and [annual] revisions of such plans for Prince
George's County. The County Council shall prepare a
statement of the objectives and policies to be achieved and
implemented by the plans and which shall include any or all
related aspects of planning, zoning, population estimates,
engineering, economics and State, regional, municipal, local
and area plans to be taken into consideration, included in,
or noted by the plans. The County Council may make such
[annual] revisions in its established objectives and
policies as it deems necessary. The county executive shall
have the responsibility for preparing the plans and [annual]
revisions of plans for Prince George's County to achieve the
objectives and policies established by the County Council.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall
provide to the Council and county executive such information
and assistance as may be reasonably required by either or
both of them for their respective above—stated functions in
the preparation, review and adoption of the plans and
[annual] revisions thereof, with the procedures for the
requests and for the transmittal of responses, including a
reasonable timetable therefor, to be worked out among the
county executive and the Council and the two commissions.
The Sanitary Commission shall provide requested information
as to engineering, design, present and future capacities,
available service projections and fiscal elements of the
water and sewerage plans and annual revisions thereof, and
the Park and Planning Commission shall provide requested
information as to population, growth projections, planning
factors and other developmental criteria specified by the
County Council or county executive. The county executive
shall prepare and submit to the County Council a preliminary
draft for its consideration, revision, modification,
comments and approval as a preliminary plan. The final
plans or [annual] revision of plans shall be prepared by the
county executive, conformable with the action of the Council
in approving the preliminary drafts, taking into