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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 18
CHAPTER 18
(Senate Bill 366)
AN ACT concerning
Transportation - Passenger Railroad Service Lines - Closure of MARC Train
Stations
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Mass Transit Administration from closing a
station certain stations on certain passenger railroad service lines before a
certain date; requiring the Administration to conduct a certain review and
report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly before closing a
station on certain passenger railroad service lines; making this Act an
emergency measure; and generally relating to the closure of certain MARC train
stations on certain passenger railroad lines.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 7-902
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Transportation
7-902.
(a) The Administration shall continue to operate the following passenger
railroad services at levels of service at least equivalent to the level of service
established as of July 1, 1981:
(1) The CSX line between Brunswick and the District of Columbia;
(2) The Amtrak line between Penn Station in Baltimore and the District
of Columbia; and
(3) The CSX line between Camden Station in Baltimore and the District
of Columbia.
(b) The Administration shall recover at least 50 percent of total operating
costs for all passenger railroad services under its control from fares and operating
revenues. Notwithstanding § 7-208 of this title, the Maryland Transit Administration
shall calculate for passenger rail services a separate farebox recovery ratio for the
administrative purposes of determining a separate cost recovery ratio for each of the
aforementioned transit modes from the calculation for mass transit, Metro, and light
rail.
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