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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 600

consideration significant intervening planning of
development changes. The County Council shall hold a public
hearing on the proposed final county plans and the [annual]
revision thereof, ten days notice of which shall be given by
one publication in a newspaper or newspapers of general
circulation in Prince George's County. At least thirty days
prior to the date set for the public hearing, the Council
shall transmit its proposed final plans to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission and the Maryland—National
Capital Park and Planning Commission for their
recommendation after the respective public hearings, the
Council shall review and amend as it sees fit and approve
the proposed plans or [annual] revision. However, such
approval shall not become final until ten days have expired
during which time the county executive may review the plan
and make whatever recommendations he may deem necessary or
desirable for the Council's consideration. Thereafter, the
Council shall submit the plan or [annual] revision to the
State Department of Health, all within the time requirements
as elsewhere set forth in this section.

(III) In Montgomery County, the County
Council shall have the responsibility for the approval of
the plans and [annual] revisions of such plans for
Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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