548                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 253

207D.

(a)  The [Public] Mass Transit Administration is hereby estab-
lished as part of the Department of Transportation. The head of the
[Public] Mass Transit Administration shall be the [Public] Mass
Transit Administrator. The incumbent General Manager of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority as of June 30, 1971, shall be the
[Public] Mass Transit Administrator and shall serve at the pleasure
of the Secretary of Transportation. Thereafter, his successors shall
be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation, with the approval
of the Governor, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.
The [Public] Mass Transit Administrator shall receive such salary
as provided in the State Budget. The [Public] Mass Transit Admin-
istrator shall report directly to the Secretary of Transportation and
shall, subject to the authority of the Secretary of Transportation,
be responsible for carrying out the powers, duties, responsibilities
and functions vested by law in the [Public] Mass Transit Admin-
istration. The [Public] Mass Transit Administrator shall also be
responsible for carrying out those duties or functions vested in the
Secretary of Transportation which the Secretary may delegate to him.

(b)  The Metropolitan Transit Authority, the office of Secretary
of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the office of Treasurer of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority, and the office of General Manager
of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, are hereby abolished. From
and after July 1, 1971, all rights, powers, duties, obligations and
functions heretofore conferred upon or exercised by the Metropolitan
Transit Authority and such above-named officers, shall be transferred
to and shall, subject to the authority of the Secretary of Transporta-
tion, be exercised by the [Public] Mass Transit Administration
except for those powers and duties transferred to the Maryland
Transportation Authority by Section 208C of this Article.

(c)  All rules, regulations, forms, orders and directives' promul-
gated by or in effect for the Metropolitan Transit Authority as of
June 30, 1971, shall continue in force unless and until changed by the
[Public] Mass Transit Administrator or the Secretary of Transpor-
tation.

(d)  All references in this Code, other laws, ordinances, resolutions,
rules, regulations, directives, legal actions, contracts or other docu-
ments to the Metropolitan Transit Authority and Public Transit
Administration shall be deemed to mean the [Public] Mass Transit
Administration or, if such references relate to matters within the
jurisdiction of the Maryland Transportation Authority and if such
construction be more reasonable, then such references shall be deemed
to mean the Maryland Transportation Authority.

(e)  All persons who are as of June 30, 1971, officers and employees
of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, but not including members
of the Metropolitan Transit Authority and its Secretary and its
Treasurer, are hereby confirmed in the office, position and classifica-
tion which they hold as of June 30, 1971, as officers and employees
of the [Public] Mass Transit Administration until they retire, resign,
or are removed as provided by law.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 2 (a), 2 (b), 4 and 6 (b) of Article 64B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1968 Replacement