Marvin Mandel, Governor                         549

Volume, 1970 Supplement), AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 526 OF
THE ACTS OF 1970, title "Metropolitan Transit District," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, all to
read as follows:

2.

(a)   "Authority" or "Administration" mean the [Public] Mass
Transit Administration established pursuant to Article 41, Section
207D of this Code and any successor entity;

(b)   "Board" or "Administrator" mean the [Public] Mass Transit
Administrator whose office is established by Article 41, Section 207D,
of this Code;

4.

The [Public] Mass Transit Administration established pursuant
to Article 41, Section 207D of this Code is an instrumentality of
the Department of Transportation of the State, and, subject to the
authority of the Secretary of Transportation and the Maryland
Transportation Authority set forth in Articles 41 and 94A of this
Code or elsewhere in the laws of Maryland, the Administration shall
have the powers and duties granted in this article, as amended from
time to time, and such additional powers as may hereafter lawfully
be conferred upon it pursuant to law, to manage, conduct and control
the functions, affairs and property of the Administration.

The powers, authority and functions vested in the [Public] Mass
Transit Administration by the provisions of Sections 6, 8 (c) through
8 (n), 18, 23, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 44, 45 and 46 of this article, shall
be exercised or performed by the Administration subject to the ap-
proval of the Secretary of Transportation or, with respect to matters
within the jurisdiction of the Maryland Transportation Authority,
the approval of the Maryland Transportation Authority. However,
the Secretary or the Maryland Transportation Authority, by regula-
tions or directives, may dispense with such power of approval, and
authorize the Administration to proceed pursuant to such sections
without obtaining prior approval, to the extent that the Secretary
or Authority deem appropriate.

6.

(b) The [Public] Mass Transit Administrator shall be the chief
administrative officer of the Administration and, subject to policy
direction by the Secretary of Transportation, shall be responsible
for all activities of the Administration. All employees and all officers
shall be appointed and removed by the Administrator under such
rules of procedure and standards as the Secretary of Transportation
may determine.

Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971