HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1809

Utilities. BEFORE ADOPTING OR AMENDING ANY FUNCTIONAL
MASTER PLAN OF HIGHWAYS OR TRANSPORTATION LINES IN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT ITS PROPOSED
PLAN OR AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AND TO THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. THE EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL
SHALL HAVE 60 DAYS TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS.
THE ADOPTED PLAN MAY NOT INCLUDE A HIGHWAY OR TRANSPORTATION
LINE UNLESS THE DISTRICT COUNCIL, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, APPROVES BY RESOLUTION, THE INCLUSION
OF THE HIGHWAY OR TRANSPORTATION LINE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

(2) Each functional master plan, or any
amendment thereto, shall be an amendment to the general plan
if so designated by the appropriate district council.

(d) (1) Initiation. The Commission may initiate
any plan or part thereof with the concurrence of the
district council of the county or counties in which the area
of the proposed plan is located, provided that review of the
Commission's proposed budget by the district council and
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 the proposed budget. Further, the district
council may direct the Commission to initiate any plan or
part thereof, and the Commission shall initiate the plan
with reasonable promptness to the extent funds are available
for this purpose.

(2) Procedures IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. [Each] THE
district council shall establish by ordinance or subsequent
amendment thereto, after public hearing, (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. 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, 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 ] COURT of Montgomery [and
Prince George's Counties] COUNTY 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 article. The existing provisions of the
Maryland—Washington Regional District Law (§ 63 of Chapter