MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1981

(1)    ESTABLISH CLASSIFICATIONS BASED ON THE NATURE
AND SCOPE OF DUTIES, AND FIX AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR
QUALIFICATION, APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL, TENURE, TERM,
COMPENSATION, PENSION AND RETIRMENT BENEFITS;

(2)    PROVIDE FOR THEIR TRAINING AND, FOR THIS
PURPOSE, THE AUTHORITY MAY ENTER INTO CONTRACTS OR
AGREEMENTS WITH ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATION
ENGAGED IN POLICE TRAINING, AND THIS [[TRANING]] TRAINING
AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE UNIFORMED AND PLAIN CLOTHES
PERSONNEL SHALL AT LEAST EQUAL THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH
SIGNATORY AND OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF IN
THE TRANSIT ZONE FOR THEIR PERSONNEL PERFORMING
COMPARABLE DUTIES; AND

(3)    PRESCRIBE DISTINCTIVE UNIFORMS TO BE WORN.

{G} THE AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE THE POKER TO ENTER
INTO PLANS, ARRANGEMENTS OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE
SIGNATORIES, THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF AND OTHER
PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, FOR THE DELINEATION OF FUNCTIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE PERFORMED BY THE METRO TRANSIT
POLICE AND OTHER DULY CONSTITUTED POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER
PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, AND FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE.

(H) BEFORE ENTERING UPON THE DUTIES OF OFFICE,
EACH MEMBER OF THE METRO TRANSIT POLICE SHALL TAKE OR
SUBSCRIBE TO AN OATH OR AFFIRMATION, BEFORE A PERSON
AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER OATHS, FAITHFULLY TO PERFORM THE
DUTIES OF THAT OFFICE.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974, and the Compact shall be
deemed to be amended as soon thereafter as substantially
similar concurring legislation shall be enacted by or on
behalf of the District of Columbia and Virginia and
consent thereto shall have been granted by the Congress
of the Unites States.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act shall be severable and if any
phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this Act is
declared to be unconstitutional or the applicability
thereof to any signatory party, political subdivision or
agency thereof is held invalid, the constitutionality of
the remainder of this Act and the applicability thereof
to any other signatory party, political subdivision or
agency thereof or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby. It is the legislative intent that the
provisions of this Act be reasonably and liberally
construed.