HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(B)  ACTION BY STATE UNIT AFTER JOINT HEARING.

(1)  EACH STATE UNIT THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT
HEARING SHALL ACT PROMPTLY ON EACH APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT TO BE ISSUED BY THE STATE UNIT WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE
DAY ON WHICH THE STATE UNIT RECEIVES NOTICE THAT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT HAS ACTED ON THE APPLICATION FOR THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT.

(2)  IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED THE LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, THE STATE UNIT MAY DENY ITS DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT FOR THAT REASON. HOWEVER, THE STATE UNIT MAY RECONSIDER
THE APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT IF THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT IS LATER GRANTED.

(C)  NOTICE BY STATE UNIT AFTER JOINT HEARING.

A STATE UNIT THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT HEARING SHALL
GIVE THE COORDINATOR AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF THE
ACTION BY THE STATE UNIT ON EACH APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT.

(D)  ACTION BY STATE UNIT AFTER CONSOLIDATED HEARING.

EACH STATE UNIT THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN A CONSOLIDATED
HEARING SHALL ACT ON EACH APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT TO
BE ISSUED BY THE STATE UNIT WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE DAY ON WHICH
THE CONSOLIDATED HEARING CONCLUDES.

(E)  ACTION BY STATE UNIT WITHOUT HEARING.

EACH STATE UNIT THAT DOES NOT HOLD A HEARING SHALL ACT ON AN
APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING THE COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.

(F)  INACTION.

UNLESS A STATE UNIT OBTAINS AN EXTENSION UNDER § 11-521 OF
THIS SUBTITLE, FAILURE OF THE STATE UNIT TO ACT WITHIN THE TIME
SET BY THIS SECTION AND BY § 11-515 OF THIS SUBTITLE CONSTITUTES
AUTOMATIC APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AS
SUBMITTED TO THE STATE UNIT, AND THE STATE UNIT IMMEDIATELY SHALL
ISSUE THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly appeared as Art. 78A,
§ 63.

In subsections (b)(1) and (d) of this section,
respectively, the former phrases "with a local
government" and "with other State agencies" are
deleted as unnecessary in light of the use of the
defined terms "joint hearing" and "consolidated
hearing".

The only other changes are in style.