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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="7-717" title_number="7" title_name="Mass Transit" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a capital expansion project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program that exceeds the thresholds developed by the Administration, the Department, in collaboration with the Administration, shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Conduct a transit equity analysis in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended to determine whether the change will create a disparate impact on persons with disabilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct a transit equity analysis in accordance with the Title VI Requirements and Guidelines for Federal Transit Administration Recipients and the guidelines developed by the Administration to determine whether the reduction or cancellation will create a disparate impact or a disproportionate burden;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Perform a cost–benefit analysis, including an analysis of impacts on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Economic development;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Education;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Health; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Environmental justice; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Consult with members and leaders of affected communities, including through community outreach to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Racial minority communities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Low–income communities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Disabled riders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Riders with limited English proficiency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Transit–reliant riders; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Senior riders.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After completing the requirements under subsection (a) of this section, the Administration shall compile a report on the impacts of the proposed reduction or cancellation of a capital expansion project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The transit equity analysis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The cost–benefit analysis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A community outreach report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The report shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Made available to the public on the Administration’s website, with a visible link from the primary information page relating to the proposed reduction or cancellation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Distributed to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The members of the Board of Public Works;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Attorney General;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The Secretary of Transportation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Any elected officials whose districts would be impacted by the proposed service change;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Any community leaders consulted during the community outreach process; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>In accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>The President of the Senate;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>The Speaker of the House;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>The Senate Finance Committee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="D">
          <text>The House Environment and Transportation Committee.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
