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HOUSE BILL 796
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By: Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George’s County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 8, 2023
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Montgomery County – Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning 2
Commission Restructuring Task Force – Establishment 3
MC/PG 104–23 4
FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning 5
Commission Restructuring Task Force to study the feasibility of transferring 6
Montgomery County–specific duties of the Maryland–National Capital Park and 7
Planning Commission to the Montgomery County government ; and generally 8
relating to the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission 9
Restructuring Task Force. 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That: 12
(a) There is a Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission 13
Restructuring Task Force. 14
(b) (1) The Task Force consists of the following members: 15
(i) one member of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the 16
President of the Senate; 17
(ii) one member of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker 18
of the House; 19
(iii) the Chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, or the 20
Chair’s designee; 21
(iv) the County Executive of Montgomery County, or the County 22
Executive’s designee; 23 2 HOUSE BILL 796
(v) the President of the Montgomery County Council , or the 1
President’s designee; 2
(vi) the Director of the Montgomery County Department of 3
Permitting Services, or the Director’s designee; 4
(vii) the Director of the Montgomery County Parks Department, 5
Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission, or the Director’s designee; 6
(viii) the Director of the Montgomery County Planning Department, 7
or the Director’s designee; 8
(ix) the Director of Montgomery County Recreation, or the Director’s 9
designee; 10
(x) the Director of the Montgomery County Office of Management 11
and Budget, or the Director’s designee; 12
(xi) the President of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, or the President’s 13
designee; 14
(xii) the following members, appointed by the County Executive of 15
Montgomery County: 16
1. two members of the public; and 17
2. one attorney who practices land use law primarily in 18
Montgomery County; 19
(xiii) two members of the public, appointed by the President of the 20
Montgomery County Council; 21
(xiv) one representative of the Maryland Building Industry 22
Association, designated by the Association; and 23
(xv) one representative of the Apartment and Office Building 24
Association of Metropolitan Washington, designated by the Association. 25
(2) The Office of the County Executive of Montgomery County may appoint 26
representatives from additional county executive branch agencies to serve as advisory 27
members of the Task Force. 28
(c) The members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 29
House shall serve jointly as cochairs of the Task Force. 30
(d) The Office of the County Executive of Montgomery County shall designate 31 HOUSE BILL 796 3
staff for the Task Force. 1
(e) A member of the Task Force: 2
(1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Task Force; but 3
(2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State 4
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget. 5
(f) (1) The Task Force shall: 6
(i) study the feasibility of transferring duties of the Montgomery 7
County Planning Board, the Planning Department, and the Parks Department of the 8
Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission to the Montgomery County 9
government; and 10
(ii) make recommendations on restructuring the 11
Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission to no longer include 12
Montgomery County. 13
(2) The Task Force may hire a consultant to assist the Task Force in 14
performing the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection. 15
(g) (1) The Task Force shall hold at least two public hearings before 16
submitting the report required under subsection (h) of this section. 17
(2) The time and location of the public hearings required under this 18
subsection shall be at the discretion of the cochairs of the Task Force. 19
(h) On or before December 1, 2024, the Task Force shall submit a report of its 20
findings and recommendations to the County Executive of Montgomery County, the County 21
Council of Montgomery County, and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government 22
Article, the members of the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly. 23
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 24
1, 2023. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June 30, 2025, 25
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 26
of no further force and effect. 27