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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 286
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(2) evaluate proposed transportation improvements and policies to
assure consistency between transportation investments and the State Economic
Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy.
(i) The [Office] DEPARTMENT may provide advice to local governments
regarding the impact on growth and development of:
(1) transportation components of local plans;
(2) aspects of local land use regulation affecting transportation; and
(3) local transportation improvements.
5-403.
(a) The [Office] DEPARTMENT:
(1) shall provide planning assistance, including surveys, land use
studies, urban renewal plans, technical services, and other planning work, to local
governments; and
(2) may provide financial and other planning assistance to local
governments as provided in the State budget.
(b) The [Office] DEPARTMENT may provide financial or other planning
assistance to regional planning agencies as provided in the State budget.
(c) Before providing the assistance, the [Director] SECRETARY shall consider
the adequacy and competency of any regional or local planning agency that requests
financial assistance from the [Office] DEPARTMENT.
(d) The [Director] SECRETARY may require any local government or regional
planning agency that receives financial or other planning assistance from the State to
submit to the [Director] SECRETARY a copy of its planning budget.
(e) (1) The [Director] SECRETARY may require any local government or
regional planning agency that receives financial or other planning assistance from
the State to submit to an annual audit of its financial operations related to planning.
(2) The audit shall be performed by the Legislative Auditor or by an
auditor or accountant legally qualified to perform municipal audits.
(3) The [Director] SECRETARY may accept an audit by the federal unit
for a local government that receives financial or other planning assistance from a unit
of the federal government.
(f) Whenever the [Office] DEPARTMENT requests and receives financial or
other assistance from any unit of the federal government for planning assistance to a
local government or a regional planning agency, the [Office) DEPARTMENT shall
satisfy any requirement imposed by federal law.
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