HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(e)  The Authority shall have the power to adopt rules and
regulations for the safe, convenient and orderly use of the
transit facilities, including the payment and the manner of the
payment of fares or charges therefor, the protection of the
transit facilities, the control of traffic and parking upon the
transit facilities, and the safety and protection of the riding
public. In the event that any such rules and regulations
contravene the laws, ordinances or regulations or police
operational rules of a signatory or any political subdivision
thereof which are existing or subsequently enacted, these laws,
ordinances or regulations of the signatory or the political
subdivision shall apply and the conflicting rule or regulation,
or portion thereof, of the Authority shall be void within the
jurisdiction of that signatory or political subdivision. In all
other respects, the rules and regulations of the Authority shall
be uniform throughout the transit zone. The rules and
regulations [established hereunder shall be] adopted land] BY
WMATA WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD
IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 15 OF ARTICLE VI SUPRA AND THEN SHALL BE
published [in accordance with all standards of due process
including, but not limited to, the publishing or otherwise
circulating of a notice of the intended action of the Authority
and the affording to interested persons the opportunity to submit
data or views orally or in writing, and the holding of a public
hearing.] BY THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE SIGNATORIES IN THE
SAME MANNER AS THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL ORDINANCES ARE PUBLISHED.
JUDGES AND CLERKS OF THE SEVERAL COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION IN
THE SIGNATORIES AND THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS SHALL HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE, COLLECT, AND ENFORCE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE
TO PAY FINES FOR VIOLATION OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE
SAME MANNER AS FINES ARE IMPOSED, COLLECTED, AND ENFORCED IN THE
RESPECTIVE SIGNATORIES OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. Any person
violating any rule or regulation of the Authority shall BE
SUBJECT TO ARREST AND, upon conviction by a court of competent
jurisdiction, SHALL pay a fine of not more than [$250 and

costs] $1,000, TOGETHER WITH COURT COSTS; AND, UPON FURTHER

ORDER OF THE COURT, SHALL REIMBURSE WMATA FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE
RESULTING FROM THE VIOLATION.

(f)  With respect to members of the metro transit police,
the Authority shall

(1)  Establish classifications based on the nature and
scope of duties, and fix and provide for their qualifications,
appointment, removal, tenure, term, compensation, pension and
retirement 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 training and the qualifications of the uniformed and
plainclothes personnel shall at least equal the requirements of
each signatory and of the political subdivisions therein in the
transit zone for their personnel performing comparable duties;
and