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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="7-301.1" title_number="7" title_name="Mass Transit" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Transit Plans and Financing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “core service area” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An area in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Harford County, and Howard County that is served by light rail, metro, or fixed bus route service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As determined by the Department, any other area in which the population commutes to an area described in item (1) of this subsection in order to use light rail, metro, or fixed bus route service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the requirements of §§ 7–301 and 7–302 of this subtitle, on or before October 1, 2020, the Administration shall, in consultation with the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan Commission and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, prepare a Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan to meet the transit needs of the core service area.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Define goals for outcomes to be achieved through the provision of public transportation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In order to best achieve the goals defined in item (1) of this subsection, identify options for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Improvements to existing transportation assets;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Improvements to leverage non–Administration transportation options available to public transportation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Corridors for new public transportation assets;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Prioritize corridors for planning of new public transportation assets;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Evaluate the Plan’s consistency with local land use and transportation plans and the Maryland Transportation Plan and identify opportunities for achieving greater consistency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Be reviewed, revised, and updated at least every 5 years; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Address a 25–year time frame.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission consists of the following members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The County Executive of Anne Arundel County, or the County Executive’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Mayor of Baltimore City, or the Mayor’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The County Executive of Baltimore County, or the County Executive’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The County Executive of Harford County, or the County Executive’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The County Executive of Howard County, or the County Executive’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>One representative from a Central Maryland business or transportation organization, appointed by the President of the Senate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>One representative from a Central Maryland business or transportation organization, appointed by the Speaker of the House; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>The following individuals appointed by the Governor:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>One representative from a Central Maryland business organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>One representative from the Citizen Advisory Council;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>One representative from a disabled riders group; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>One representative from the MARC Riders Advisory Council.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission shall participate in the development of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A strategy for meaningful public involvement in the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The goals for outcomes of the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
