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 116 STAT. 1224 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 (2) DUTIES.— The Committee shall carry out the functions vested in the Planning Commission under this section and section 8725 of this title— (A) to the extent the Planning Commission decides; and (B) when requested by the Zoning Commission and approved by the Planning Commission. §8725. Recommendations on platting and subdividing land (a) BY COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. —The Council of the District of Columbia shall submit any proposed change in, or addition to, the regulations or general orders regulating the platting and subdividing of lands and grounds in the District of Columbia to the National Capital Planning Commission for report and recommendation before the Council adopts the change or addition. The Council shall advise the Commission when it does not agree with the recommendations of the Commission and shall give the reasons why it disagrees. The Commission then shall submit a final report within 30 days. After considering the final report, the Council may act in accordance with its legal responsibilities and authority. (b) BY PLANNING COMMISSION.—The Commission shall submit to the Council any proposed change in, or amendment to, the general orders that the Commission considers appropriate. The Council shall treat the amendments proposed in the same manner as other proposed amendments. § 8726. Authorization of appropriations Amounts necessary to carry out this subchapter may be appropriated from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from any appropriate appropriation law, except the annual District of Columbia Appropriation Act. SUBCHAPTER IV—ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF LAND § 8731. Acquiring land for park, parkway, or playground purposes (a) AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND. —The National Capitol Planning Commission shall acquire land the Planning Commission believes is necessary and desirable in the District of Columbia and adjacent areas in Maryland and Virginia for suitable development of the National Capital park, parkway, and playground system. The acquisition must be within the limits of the appropriations made for those purposes. The Planning Commission shall request the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts in selecting land to be acquired. (b) How LAND MAY BE ACQUIRED.— (1) PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING.—The National Capital Planning Commission may buy land when the land can be acquired at a price the Planning Commission considers reasonable or by a condemnation proceeding when the land cannot be bought at a reasonable price. (2) LAND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBL\.— A condemnation proceeding to acquire land in the District of Columbia shall be conducted in accordance with section 1 of the Act of December 23, 1963 (Public Law 88-241, 77 Stat. 571).

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