4010

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

[(d)] (C) (1) Each county council[, upon]:

(I)  ON public notice, may hold public
hearings on the proposed budgets of the [commission] WSSC
not earlier than 21 calendar days following receipt from the
county executive[.];

(II)   [Thereafter, on or before June 1 of
each year, the county councils shall approve the budgets and
transmit them to the commission. The budgets may be amended
as hereinafter provided. Each county council may] MAY add
to, delete from, increase, or decrease an item of either
budget, and shall transmit by May 15[,] any proposed changes
to the other county council for review and concurrence[.];
AND

(III)  ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1 OF EACH YEAR,
SHALL APPROVE THE BUDGETS AND TRANSMIT THEM TO THE WSSC.

(2) (I) [In the event of the failure of] IF
[both] THE COUNTY councils FAIL to concur in a change with
respect to any item by June 1, [that] THE failure to concur
[shall constitute] CONSTITUTES approval of the item
submitted by the [commission] WSSC.

(II) If the county councils fail to
approve the budgets on or before June 1 of each year, the
proposed budgets of the [commission shall stand] WSSC ARE
adopted.

[(e)] (D) (1) The [commission] WSSC may submit to the
county executives of [both] THE counties proposed
supplements to the approved budgets. The submittals shall
include full particulars.

(2)  Within [ten] 10 days of receipt of the
proposed supplements, the county executive of each county
shall transmit [them] THE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTS to the county
council of that county, together with [his] recommendations.

(3)  Each county council:

(I)   [may] MAY hold public hearings on the
proposed supplements[.]; AND

(II)   [Each county council may] MAY add to,
delete from, increase, or decrease the proposed supplements.

(4)  THE [Failure] FAILURE of [both] THE county
councils to jointly approve [additions to, deletions from,
increases, or decreases in] OR AMEND the proposed
supplements within 90 days [of] FROM the date of transmittal
of the proposed supplements to [both] THE county executives
by the [commission] WSSC [shall constitute] CONSTITUTES