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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="10-209" title_number="10" title_name="Transportation Compacts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Mass Transit -- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation and Authority">
  <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that the sovereign immunity of the State not extend to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for the purposes of claims brought against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority by an employee or former employee under:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., as amended; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
