WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 140

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 140

(Senate Bill 122)

AN ACT concerning

Transportation - Commuter Rail Service

FOR the purpose of providing that the Department of

Transportation shall continue to operate certain commuter

rail lines at certain levels of service; and making certain
technical changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 3-217

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

3-217.

(a)  The Department of Transportation shall continue to
operate the following commuter rail lines at [their present or
expanded] levels of service AT LEAST EQUIVALENT TO THE LEVEL OF
SERVICE ESTABLISHED AS OF JULY 1, 1981:

(1)  The [Baltimore and Ohio] CSX line between
Brunswick and the District of Columbia;

(2)  The [Conrail] AMTRAK line between Penn Station in
Baltimore and the District of Columbia; and

(3)  The [Baltimore and Ohio] CSX line between Camden
Station in Baltimore and the District of Columbia.

(b)  The Department of Transportation shall recover at least
50 percent of total operating costs for all commuter rail
operations under its control from fares and operating revenues.

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