J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1423

Meetings of the Commission, except executive sessions, shall be open
to the public. Public hearings shall be held upon at least thirty days'
notice, said notice to be given by publication in at least one news-
paper printed and published in Montgomery County and one news-
paper printed and published in Prince George's County.

10.    Conflict of Interests

No Commissioner, nor any other officer, employee, agent or con-
sultant shall have any interest in any person or company engaged
in the business of providing public transportation in the District
or within the metropolitan area in which the District is located, or
in the manufacture or sale of passenger transportation equipment or
facilities. No Commissioner nor any agent, officer, employee or
consultant thereof, shall contract with the District or be interested
in, either directly or indirectly, any contract with the District or in
the sale of any property, either real or personal, to the District. Any
violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor and punished as
provided by law.

11.    Functions of the Commission

Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Commission shall:

(a)    cooperate and participate, in accordance with the processes
and procedures hereinafter provided, with an Authority to be
created by interstate compact between Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia, in the formulation by that Authority of that
portion of its transit plan relating to the transit facilities and serv-
ices to be provided within the District and in the revision and amend-
ment thereof from time to time;

(b)    negotiate with the Authority, the Northern Virginia Trans-
portation District and the District of Columbia an agreement for
the allocation among such governments and the District of the
costs to be incurred by the Authority in providing transit facilities
and service; and

(c)    provide, in the manner hereinafter set forth, funds to meet
the obligations allocated to the District pursuant to such agreement.

12.    Authorization to Enter into Contracts with Authority

(a) The District is hereby authorized to enter into contracts or
agreements with the Authority pursuant to which the Authority
undertakes to provide the transit facilities and services to the Dis-
trict, specified in a mass transit plan adopted by the Authority, in
consideration for the undertaking by the District to contribute, such
sums as shall be agreed upon, to the capital required for the con-
struction and/or acquisition of such transit facilities, for debt
service requirements and for meeting expenses and obligations in-
curred in the operation of such facilities. The District shall not
enter into any such contracts or agreements with respect to transit
facilities and service in either Montgomery or Prince George's

Counties unless the County Council of Montgomery County and the

Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's County adopt

THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE AFFECTED COUNTY
ADOPTS a resolution approving the transit facilities and service