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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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COVERED, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, BY FARES CHARGED FOR THE
SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE TRANSIT FACILITIES OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY THE ADMINISTRATION; AND
(II) AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE NET PROJECT
COSTS FOR THESE TRANSIT FACILITIES SHALL BE PAID BY
GRANTS CONTRIBUTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
(E) UNIFIED AND COORDINATED SYSTEM; UTILIZATION OF
PRIVATE CARRIERS.
(1) THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN EFFICIENT AND
ECONOMICAL TRANSIT SERVICE REQUIRES THAT THE TRANSIT
FACILITIES OPERATED BY PRIVATE CARRIERS BE OPERATED TO
PROVIDE, WITH THE TRANSIT FACILITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED
BY THE ADMINISTRATION, A UNIFIED AND COORDINATED REGIONAL
TRANSIT SYSTEM WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DUPLICATING OR
COMPETING SERVICE.
(2) SUBJECT TO THIS STANDARD, IT IS THE
POLICY OF THIS TITLE TO UTILIZE PRIVATE CARRIERS TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE IN PROVIDING TRANSIT SERVICE.
(F) PARITY WITH WASHINGTON SUBURBAN TRANSIT
DISTRICT.
ADEQUATE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR ASSURING
THAT, IF ALLOCATION OF STATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THIS REGIONAL SYSTEM IS MADE, IT WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A PARITY ALLOCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF
TAXPAYERS SUPPORTING TRANSIT FACILITIES IN THE POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT.
(G) PROTECTION OF TRANSIT LABOR.
ADEQUATE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE
PROTECTION OF TRANSIT LABOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL SYSTEM.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section combines and
reorganizes without substantive change the
provisions of present Art. 64B, §§1, 2(e), 12,
and 28.
The definition of "net project costs", which
presently appears as Art. 64B, §2 (e), is
transferred to subsection (d) of this section
since that subsection is the only place in
this title where the term is used. The word
"capital", is added to make clear that the
"costs" referred to are "capital costs" as
opposed to operational costs. This assures
that the term is not read to limit State
participation in federal operating assistance
programs, such as that created by the National
Mass Transit Assistance Act of 1974, which
amended the Urban Mass Transportation Act of
1964. Although this distinction already
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