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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 712

publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
[county] COUNTY), 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 AND 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. 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 Court
of Montgomery 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present provisions unless or until amended or superseded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
780 of the Laws of Maryland 1959, as amended) repealed by
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unless or until specifically superseded or amended in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 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) Procedures in Prince George's County. 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 [a] AT least
one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county) procedures for initiation, submission and adoption,
and amendment of any plan or part thereof by the Commission,
and for the approval or amendment of any plan or part
thereof by the district council. The procedures shall
include requirements for approval by the district council of
preliminary concepts, guidelines, and goals. The
procedures shall include review of preliminary plans by the
district council and the county executive, to identify any
inconsistencies between the plan and existing or proposed
State or county facilities including roads, highways, or
other public facilities. In the event any inconsistencies
are revealed, the district council shall direct the
Commission on how the inconsistencies shall be eliminated
or accommodated within the plan. The procedures shall
provide for one or more public hearings on the plan to be
held jointly by the Commission and the district council, at