HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2243

REVISIONS IN ITS ESTABLISHED OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES THAT IT
DEEMS NECESSARY. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PREPARING ANY COUNTY PLAN AND AN ANNUAL REVISION OF ANY
COUNTY PLAN FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES
AND POLICIES ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL. THE

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION AND

MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL
PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ANY
INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BE REASONABLY REQUIRED
BY EITHER OR BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE FUNCTIONS IN
THE PREPARATION, REVIEW, AND ADOPTION OF ANY COUNTY PLAN OR
ANY REVISION OF A COUNTY PLAN. THE PROCEDURES FOR THE
REQUESTS AND FOR THE TRANSMITTAL OF RESPONSES, INCLUDING A
REASONABLE TIMETABLE FOR THESE, SHALL BE WORKED OUT AMONG
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE 2
COMMISSIONS. THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN 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 OF THESE, AND THE
MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL 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 THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO
THE COUNTY COUNCIL A PRELIMINARY DRAFT FOR ITS
CONSIDERATION, REVISION, MODIFICATION, COMMENTS, AMD
APPROVAL AS A PRELIMINARY PLAN. THE FINAL COUNTY PLAN OR
ANNUAL REVISION OF THE COUNTY PLAN SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, CONFORMABLE WITH THE ACTION OF THE COUNTY
COUNCIL IN APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY DRAFTS, TAKING INTO

CONSIDERATION SIGNIFICANT INTERVENING PLANNING OF

DEVELOPMENT CHANGES. THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FINAL COUNTY PLAN OR THE ANNUAL
REVISION OF THE COUNTY PLAN, 10 DAYS NOTICE OF WHICH SHALL

BE GIVEN BY A SINGLE PUBLICATION IN__A NEWSPAPER OR

NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AT
LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE SET FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING,
THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL TRANSMIT ITS PROPOSED FINAL COUNTY
PLAN TO THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION AND THE
MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION FOR
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. AFTER THE RESPECTIVE PUBLIC
HEARINGS, THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL REVIEW, AMEND AS IT SEES
FIT, AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED COUNTY PLAN OR ANNUAL
REVISION. HOWEVER, THAT APPROVAL SHALL NOT BECOME FINAL
UNTIL 10 DAYS HAVE EXPIRED, DURING WHICH TIME THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE MAY REVIEW THE COUNTY PLAN AND MAKE WHATEVER
RECOMMENDATIONS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE CONSIDERS NECESSARY OR
DESIRABLE FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
THEREAFTER, THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL SUBMIT THE COUNTY PLAN
OR ANNUAL REVISION TO THE DEPARTMENT, ALL WITHIN THE TIME
REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH ELSEWHERE IN THIS SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly appeared as
Article 43, § 387C(b)l.