WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6

(3) The local approving authority [shall not] MAY NOT process an
application of which a copy must be sent to the Commission until [it] THE LOCAL
APPROVING AUTHORITY has received notice of receipt from the Commission, and
any action of the local approving authority in violation of this paragraph shall be void.

8-1812.

(a) After the Commission has approved or adopted a program, the chairman of
the Commission has standing and the right and authority to initiate or intervene in any
administrative, judicial, or other original proceeding or appeal in this State concerning
a project approval in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area. The chairman may exercise this
intervention authority without first obtaining approval from the Commission, but the
chairman shall send prompt written notice of any intervention or initiation of action
under this section to each member of the Commission. The chairman shall withdraw the
intervention or action initiated [if] IF, within 35 days after the date of the chairman's
notice, at least 13 members indicate disapproval of the action, either in writing
addressed to the chairman or by vote at a meeting of the Commission. A member
representing the local jurisdiction affected by the chairman's intervention or action may
request a meeting of the Commission to vote on the chairman's intervention or action.

(b) Except as stated in this subtitle, the chairman is subject to general laws and
rules of procedure that govern the time within and manner in which the authority
granted in subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION may be exercised.

8-1813.

(a) From June 1, 1984 with regard to any subdivision plat approval or approval
of a zoning amendment, variance, special exception, conditional use [permit] PERMIT,
or use of a floating zone, affecting any land or water area located within the initial
planning area identified in § 8-1807(a) of this subtitle, for which application is
completed after that date, the approving authority of the local jurisdiction in rendering
its decision to approve an application shall make specific findings that:

(1) The proposed development will minimize adverse impacts on water
quality that result from pollutants that are discharged from structures or conveyances or
that have run off from surrounding lands; and

(b) With regard to any application for project approval described in subsection
(a) of this section, a local approving authority shall require [such] ANY additional
information from an applicant as is necessary in order to make the findings required by
subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION.

(c) This section shall remain in effect in a local jurisdiction until [such] THE
time as an approved program becomes effective.

8-1814.

(a) After 760 days have elapsed from the date upon which criteria adopted by
the Commission become effective, any State or local agency that proposes development
which has not been subject to project approval by the local jurisdiction under an
approved program, including buildings, treatment plants, roads, railroads, and airports,

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