J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             905

TITLE II

Compact Regulatory Provisions

ARTICLE XII

Transportation Covered

284.   (a) This sub-title shall apply to the transportation for hire
by any carrier of persons between any points in the Metropolitan
District and to the persons engaged in rendering or performing such
transportation service, except—

(1)  transportation by water;

(2)  transportation by the Federal government, the signatories
hereto, or any political subdivision thereof;

(3) Transportation by motor vehicles employed solely in trans-
porting school children and teachers to or from public or private
schools;

(4) Transportation performed in the course of an operation over
a regular route, the major portion of which is outside the Metro-
politan District except where a major portion of the passenger traffic
begins and ends within the Metropolitan District;

(5) transportation performed by a common carrier by railroad
subject to Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.

(b)  No transportation or person, otherwise subject to this sub-
title, shall be exempt by reason of the fact that any part (not a major
part as conditionally exempted by paragraph (a) (4) of this section)
of the route between points in the Metropolitan District lies outside
of the Metropolitan District; provided, however, that the provision
of this Title II shall not apply to transportation as specified in this
section solely within the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the activi-
ties of persons engaged in such transportation, nor shall any provision
of this Title II be construed to infringe the exercise of any powers or
the discharge of any duties conferred or imposed upon the State
Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia by the
Virginia Constitution.

(c)   Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (a) of this
section, this sub-title shall apply to taxicabs and other vehicles having
a seating capacity of eight passengers or less in addition to the driver
thereof with respect only to (i) the rates or charges for transportation
from one signatory to another within the confines of the Metropolitan
District, and (ii) requirements for minimum insurance coverage.

Definitions.

285.  As used in this sub-title—

(a)  The term "carrier" means any person who engages in the
transportation of passengers for hire by motor vehicle, street rail-
road, or other form or means of conveyance.

(b)  The term "motor vehicle" means any automobile, bus, or other
vehicle propelled or drawn by mechanical or electrical power on the
public streets or highways of the Metropolitan District and used for
the transportation of passengers.