Maryland Land Use Section 5.07

      (a)      After a planning commission begins to exercise control over subdivisions under § 5.01 of this subtitle, the authority of the planning commission over plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction.

      (b)      To the extent that statutory control is in conformity with the provisions of this article, all statutory control over plats or subdivisions of land granted by other statutes shall be considered transferred to the planning commission of the local jurisdiction.