(a) In performing the duties imposed upon it by subsection (a) of section 87-11, the commission shall use its best efforts to assure that the mass transit plan adopted by the authority shall be coordinated with:
(1) Other plans and programs affecting transportation in the district, in order to achieve a balanced system of transportation utilizing each mode to its best advantage; and
(2) The general development plans for Montgomery and Prince George's counties and for all cities and towns located in such counties exercising planning powers.
(b) Coordination of planning shall be achieved, as follows:
(1) It shall be the duty and responsibility of each member of the commission to serve as the liaison between the commission, the county by which he was appointed and the cities and towns located therein and those members of the commission who are also members of the authority shall provide liaison between the commission and the authority to the end that the commission, the counties, cities and towns embraced within the district and such authority, shall be continuously, comprehensively, and mutually advised of plans, policies and actions requiring consideration in the planning for transit and in the development of planned transit facilities;
(2) Cooperate with and participate in any continuous, comprehensive, transportation planning process cooperatively established by the Maryland State Highway Administration and the counties and cities embraced within the district to meet the planning standards prescribed by the federal aid highway acts;
(3) To the extent not inconsistent with or in duplication of the planning process specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection, cooperate with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Maryland State Planning Department, the National Capital Regional Planning Council, the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission and the Maryland State Highway Administration. Such cooperation shall include the creation, as necessary, of technical committees composed of personnel concerned with planning and collection and analysis of data relative to decision-making in the transportation planning process; and
(c) Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the commission shall comply with the provisions of chapter 85 of this Code with respect to the referral to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for the projects therein specified. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 72-18; 1965, ch. 870, § 1; 1992, Ch. 22, § 1.)
Editor's note—The provisions of chapter 85 are now codified in the Land Use Article of the Maryland Code.