Transportation take every reasonable
measure to control rising transit operating
costs.

The General Assembly directs that a Special
Task Force of the Mass Transit
Administration (MTA) management and
the ATU Local 1300 representatives along
with an independent representative of the
Baltimore Area Labor-Management
Committee, convene to review and discuss
the issues of privatization, part-time
operators, and cost containment.

The Task Force shall define the advantages
and disadvantages of the use of part-time
operators, assess any opportunities for
privatization, and recommend a process to
address cost containment which will include
pursuit of a Total Quality process and
empowering the workers to make proposals
on the efficient and cost effective means to
manage the MTA.

Notwithstanding the above, the General
Assembly directs that the current interest
arbitration process will continue.

The Task Force shall report back to the
budget committees of the General Assembly
no later than October 1, 1994.

Transit costs continue to rise as both the
Baltimore and Washington transit systems
mature. The Mass Transit Administration
should take a statewide role in the planning
and development of the State's transit
systems. The future of transit development
and financing should be an issue reviewed
by the Transportation 2000 Committee
during the 1994 interim.

No funds for operating programs within the
Mass Transit Administration may be
expended in the following categories in
excess of the level of funds listed below
except as hereby provided:

Salaries and benefits

$135,925,319

Ch. 8

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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