WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 105

(i) Consistent with the provisions of Division
II of the State Finance and Procurement Article, for planning,
developing, constructing, acquiring, financing, and operating the
transit facilities authorized by this title; and

(ii) Over the services performed by and the
rentals, rates, fees, fares, and other charges imposed for the
services performed by transit facilities owned or controlled by
the Administration.

(2) (i) For fiscal years 1988 through 1992 and each
fiscal year thereafter, the Administration shall recover from
fares and other operating revenues at least 50 percent of the
total operating costs for the mass transit bus and rail services
under its jurisdiction. It is the intent of the General Assembly
that the provisions of this paragraph shall apply on a
system-wide basis and not on an individual transit line basis.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED EFFICIENCY OF LIGHT RAIL
TECHNOLOGY, THE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGED, AFTER 2 YEARS OF LIGHT
RAIL OPERATION, TO RECOVER FROM FARES AND OTHER OPERATING
REVENUES AT LEAST 60 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OPERATING COSTS FOR
LIGHT RAIL SERVICES.

(ii) The Administration shall obtain the fare
recovery ratio through the establishment of reasonable fares in
the Baltimore region and the implementation of cost containment
measures as deemed necessary to meet the standards standard
required under this paragraph.

7-403.

(A) Purchases on behalf of the Administration of rolling
stock and other property peculiar to the operation of a transit
system are not subject to law governing procurement by the
Department of General Services.

(B) THE SELECTION OF LONG-LEAD EQUIPMENT ITEMS FOR PURPOSES
OF A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT. SYSTEM SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE PROCUREMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND
SHALL USE EITHER A COMPETITIVE SEALED BID OR COMPETITIVE SEALED
PROPOSAL METHOD OF PROCUREMENT.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department
of Transportation shall submit to the Legislative Policy
Committee by October 1, 1988, a report which includes a detailed
plan for the light rail system (both southern and northern legs)

including the intermodal tie-ins to Camden Station,

Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and Penn Station, and
potential alternative routes in lieu of the use of the Howard
Street corridor.

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