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any carrier whose only transportation within the Metropolitan Dis-
trict is within this exemption shall not be deemed to be a carrier sub-
ject to the Compact; provided, however, if the primary function of a
carrier's entire operations is the furnishing of mass transportation
service within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit District,
then such operations in the Metropolitan District shall be subject to
the jurisdiction of the Commission;

(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] The pro-
visions of this Title II shall not apply to transportation as specified
in this section solely within the Commonwealth of Virginia and to
the activities 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 subsection (a) of this
section, this subtitle shall apply to taxicabs and other vehicles used in
performing a bona fide taxicab service 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.

317.

The Commission shall make an annual report for each fiscal year
ending June thirtieth to the Governor of Virginia and the Governor
of Maryland, and to the Board of Commissioners of the District of
Columbia as soon as practicable after June thirtieth, but not later
than the 1st day of January of each year, which shall contain, in
addition to a report of the work performed under this subtitle, such
other information and recommendations concerning passenger trans-
portation within the Metropolitan District, as the Commission deems
advisable.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That until such time as Virginia
and Congress approve the Compact as amended by the General As-
sembly of Maryland in regular session in 1962 the Compact adopted
under Chapter 613, Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1959,
shall prevail.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall become effec-
tive upon the adoption of substantially similar amendments to the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact by each
of the signatories to the Compact, and upon the approval of the
amendments to the Compact by the Congress of the United States.

Approved March 23, 1962.