HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                1941

Hygiene, State Planning, and Economic and Community
Development.

(d) (1) Within 30 days after the last public hearing
mandated by § 9(b)(1) of the federal act, the Governor shall
submit [his] A recommendation for the State's decision to
the legislature in the following manner:

(i) If the legislature is convened in
regular or special session, the Governor shall submit [his]
A recommendation to the legislature for appropriate
legislative action.

(ii) If the legislature is not convened in
regular or special session, the Governor shall submit [his]
A recommendation to the Administrative, Executive, and
Legislative Review Committee. Within five days of receipt
of the Governor's recommendation and after a public hearing,
the Committee shall recommend to the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House whether the Governor's
recommendation should represent the State's decision or
whether the legislature should convene in special session to
review the Governor's recommendation for appropriate
legislative action. However, failure of the Committee to
recommend review by the full legislature may not preclude
convening of the legislature.

(2) (i) When the full legislature reviews the
Governor's recommendation under [subsection (d)] PARAGRAPH
(l)(i) or (ii) OF THIS SUBSECTION, the legislature, after a
public hearing, may take appropriate legislative action to
[either] approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve the
pending application.

(ii) In order to modify the Governor's
recommendation in any way, the legislature shall take action
by joint resolution requiring at least three-fifths vote of
each house. The joint resolution shall constitute the
State's decision on the pending application.

(iii) If the legislature fails to modify
the Governor's recommendation by the 44th day after the last
public hearing mandated by the federal act, the Governor's
recommendation shall constitute the State's decision on the
pending application.

(3)  The Governor shall send the State's decision
to the federal Secretary no later than 45 days after the
last public hearing mandated by the federal act.

3-929.

If prior to July 1, 1981, at least two of the following
four counties (Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
Baltimore County, [Maryland] Anne Arundel County, [Maryland]
and Harford County[, Maryland]) have not filed a resolution
of participation as required by this subtitle then this
subtitle shall become null and void.