S.B. 647

VETOES

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
adopted by WMATA will be adopted by the board following public hearings held in
accordance with § 15 SUPRA and then shall be published 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 and, upon further order of the court, shall reimburse WMATA for any loss
or damage resulting from the violation.

SECTION 4. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That by June 30, 1996, the
Department of Transportation shall complete a study of the current usage of bicycling
and walking as modes of transportation in order to set appropriate policies and goals
under the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 1. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That by December 1, 1995, the
Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the results of a study that will
examine appropriate means to accommodate bicycles on its transit vehicles during peak
and other periods.                                                                                                  

SECTION 5. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Transportation shall present the plan required under § 8-204 of the Transportation
Article as enacted by this Act to local governments during the 1997 Consolidated
Transportation Program consultation meetings.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of this Act may
not take effect until a similar Act is passed by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the
District of Columbia; that the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia
are requested to concur in Section 3 of this Act of the General Assembly of Maryland by
the passage of a similar Act; that the Department of Legislative Reference shall notify the
appropriate officials of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the
United States Congress of the passage of Section 3 of this Act; and that upon the
concurrence in Section 3 of this Act by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of
Columbia, the Governor of the State of Maryland shall issue a proclamation declaring
Section 3 of this Act valid and effective and shall forward a copy of the proclamation to
the Director of the Department of Legislative Reference.

SECTION 6. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the
provisions of Section 5 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1995.

May 24, 1995

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