1186                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 526

ment and the cost of enlarging, extending, reconstruction or im-
proving any project or projects. [The] Except for the authority of
the Secretary of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation
Authority the rentals and other rates, fees, and charges shall not be
subject to supervision or regulation by any department, division,
commission, board, bureau, or agency of the State or any political
subdivision thereof

23.

(b) Payments.—All monies required to be paid by the [Au-
thority] Administration under the provisions of such agreements,
leases and equipment trust certificates shall be payable [solely]
from [the revenue to be derived from the operation of the transit
system or from such grants, loans, appropriations or other] reve-
nues[,] as may be available [to the Authority] under the provisions
of this article or Article 94A of this Code. Payment for such transit
facilities or equipment, or rental thereof, may be made in install-
ments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equip-
ment trust certificates as aforesaid, and title to such transit facilities
or equipment may not vest in the [Authority] Administration
until the equipment trust certificates are paid.

29.

From and after June 1, 1969, the [Authority] Department of
Transportation shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction for planning,
developing, constructing, acquiring, financing and operating the
transit facilities authorized hereafter. The service performed by
such transit facilities owned or controlled by the [Authority] De-
partment of Transportation and the rates and fares to be charged
for such services shall be subject to the sole and exclusive jurisdic-
tion of the [Authority] Department of Transportation. The de-
terminations of the [Authority] Administration, or Secretary of
Transportation, or Maryland Transportation Authority, with respect
to the type of service to be performed or the rates and fares to be
charged shall not be subject to judicial review nor to the processes
of any court. Notwithstanding any other provision in this article
or in Article 78 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume, as amended), the Public Service Commission shall have
no authority with respect thereto, nor with respect to any contractor
in connection with the operation by it of transit facilities owned
or controlled by the [Authority] Department of Transportation.
Except as provided herein, the [Authority] Administration shall
have no jurisdiction over transportation by private carriers within
the District and the persons engaged therein.

45.

(a) Competitive bidding generally.—Contracts for the construc-
tion, reconstruction or improvement of any transit facility when
the expenditure required exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
and contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment and materials
when the expenditure required exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,-
000) shall be advertised and let upon sealed bids to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder. Notice requesting such bids shall be published in
a manner reasonably likely to attract prospective bidders, which pub-
lication shall be made at least ten days before bids are received and
in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the District.