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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="7-208" title_number="7" title_name="Mass Transit" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Transit Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the authority of the Secretary and, where applicable, the Maryland Transportation Authority, the Administration has jurisdiction:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration shall submit, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, an annual report to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and House Appropriations Committee by December 1 of each year that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Separate farebox recovery ratios for the prior fiscal year for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Bus, light rail, and Metro subway services provided by the Administration in the Baltimore region;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Commuter bus service provided under contract to the Administration in the Baltimore region; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) service provided under contract to the Administration; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Comparisons of farebox recovery ratios for the Administration’s mass transit services and other similar transit systems nationwide.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b–1">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to § 7–506 of this title and paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Administration shall set the fare prices and collect other operating revenues.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may not reduce the level of services provided by the Administration for the purpose of achieving a specific farebox recovery requirement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Administration shall implement performance indicators to track service efficiency for the Administration’s mass transit services, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Operating expenses per revenue vehicle mile;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Operating expenses per passenger trip; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Passenger trips per revenue vehicle mile.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration shall submit, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, an annual performance report to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and House Appropriations Committee by December 1 of each year on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The status of the performance indicators listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection for the prior fiscal year, including a discussion of the failure or success in meeting the goals established for the prior fiscal year by the Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The status of managing–for–results goals of the Administration as they pertain to mass transit service in the Baltimore area;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Comparisons of performance indicators for the Administration’s mass transit services and other similar systems nationwide; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The Administration’s goals for each of the measures in paragraph (1) of this subsection for the next fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration shall provide for an independent management audit of the operational costs and revenues of the Administration’s mass transit services every 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The audit shall provide data on fares, cost containment measures, comparisons with other similar mass transit systems, and other information necessary in evaluating the operations of the Administration’s mass transit system.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The findings from the audit shall be used as a benchmark for the annual performance reports.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The determinations of the Secretary, Administration, or Maryland Transportation Authority as to the type of service performed or the rentals, rates, fees, fares, and other charges imposed are not subject to judicial review or to the processes of any court.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title or the Public Utilities Article, the Public Service Commission does not have any jurisdiction over transit facilities owned or controlled by the Administration or over any contractor operating these facilities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Except as provided in this title, the Administration does not have any jurisdiction over transportation in the District by private carriers.</text>
  </level>
</section>
