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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-503" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Water and Sewerage Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each county shall have a county plan or a plan with adjoining counties that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is approved by the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Covers at least the 10-year period next following adoption by the county governing body; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Deals with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Water supply systems;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Sewerage systems;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Solid waste disposal systems;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Solid waste acceptance facilities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The systematic collection and disposal of solid waste, including litter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in § 9-515 of this subtitle, each county governing body shall review its county plan at least once every 3 years in accordance with a schedule set by the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each county governing body shall adopt and submit to the Department a revision or amendment to its county plan if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body considers a revision or amendment necessary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department requires a revision or amendment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before a county governing body adopts any revision or amendment to its county plan or adopts a new county plan, the governing body shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Conduct a public hearing on the county plan, revision, or amendment that may be conducted jointly with other public hearings or meetings; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Give the principal elected official of each municipal corporation that is affected notice of the county plan, revision, or amendment at least 14 days before the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Notice of the time and place of the public hearing, together with a summary of the plan, revision, or amendment, shall be published in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation in the county once each week for 2 successive weeks, with the first publication of notice appearing at least 14 days before the hearing.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Notice of the public hearing may be a part of the general notice listing all other items to be considered during the public hearing or meeting.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
