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agency, bi-county agency, multi-jurisdiction agency, municipal
agency or other governmental agency and to any person, corpora-
tion, association or other entity for any transportation related
purpose.

(k) The Secretary may, consistent with the State Budget, and
with the approval of the Board of Public Works, enter into con-
tracts with other agencies of the State and any person, corporation,
association or other entity, to provide services for the Department of
Transportation or for any transportation related purpose.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 7 of Chapter 102
of the Acts of 1970, said Chapter being known as the Urban Mass
Transit Loan of 1970, be and it is hereby repealed; and that neither
the Mass Transit Administration of the Department of Transportation
(as successor to the Metropolitan Transit Authority) nor the Wash-
ington Suburban Transit District are required to make the repay-
ments to the annuity bond fund provided for in the said Section 7;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to affect the
repayment provisions of Section 5 of said Chapter 102 of the Acts
of 1970, and the Mass Transit Administration and/or the Department
of Transportation, as successor to the Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority, shall be required to repay to the annuity bond fund the Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) pursuant to the terms and condi-
tions of Section 5 of the Acts of 1970.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, the invalidity shall not affect the other pro-
visions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end
all the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 11, 1972

CHAPTER 18
(Senate Bill 16)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 4(b) of
Article 88B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replace-
ment Volume), title "State Police," subtitle "Law Enforcement
Duties," amending the laws concerning the powers of the Mary-
land State Police with regard to functioning within incorporated
municipalities.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 4(b) of Article 88B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1969 Replacement Volume), title "State Police," subtitle "Law