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MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 3 - Transit Plans and Financing|Section 7-308 - Departmental Agreements, Leases, and Equipment Trust Certificates for Acquisition of Transit Facilities or Equipment

    (a)    The Department may execute any agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate for the purchase or rental of transit facilities or equipment such as rolling stock, substantially in the form customarily used in these cases and appropriate to effect the purchase or rental. The Department may dispose of an equipment trust certificate in the manner that it determines to be in its best interests.    (b)    Each vehicle covered by an equipment trust certificate shall have the name of the owner and lessor plainly marked on both sides, followed by the words “owner and lessor”.    (c)    (1)    The money required to be paid by the Department under these agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall be payable from revenues available under this title or Title 3 or 4 of this article.        (2)    Payment for the purchase or rental of transit facilities or equipment may be made in installments, and deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates. Title to the transit facilities or equipment may not vest in the Department until the equipment trust certificates are paid.    (d)    An agreement by the Department to purchase transit facilities or equipment may:        (1)    Direct the seller to sell and assign the equipment to a bank or trust company authorized to do business in this State or to the United States Department of Transportation, as trustee, lessor, or seller, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates;        (2)    Direct the trustee to deliver the transit facilities and equipment to one or more designated agents of the Department; and        (3)    Authorize the trustee simultaneously with the delivery to execute and deliver a lease of the transit facilities or equipment to the Department.    (e)    The agreements and leases shall be acknowledged in the form required for the acknowledgment of deeds. The agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall be authorized by the Secretary and contain the covenants, conditions, and provisions that the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust certificates from the revenues derived from the operation of the transit system and other funds.    (f)    The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates may not conflict with any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds or other obligations of the Department then outstanding and may not conflict with the rights of the holders of any other bonds or obligations.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 3 - Transit Plans and Financing|Section 7-309 - Assessment of Capital Needs

    (a)    The Administration shall, at least every 3 years, assess the ongoing, unconstrained capital needs of the Administration.    (b)    In undertaking the assessment required under subsection (a) of this section, the Administration shall:        (1)    Compile and prioritize capital needs without regard to cost;        (2)    Identify the backlog of repairs and replacements needed to achieve a state of good repair for all Administration assets, including a separate analysis of these needs over the following 10 years; and        (3)    Identify the needs to be met in order to enhance service and achieve system performance goals.    (c)    On or before July 1, 2019, and on or before July 1 every 3 years thereafter, the Administration shall, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, submit the assessment required under subsection (a) of this section to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Environment and Transportation Committee.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-310 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 3 - Transit Plans and Financing|Section 7-310 - Complete Streets Policy

    (a)    In this section, “complete streets policy” has the meaning stated in § 2–112 of this article.    (b)    The Administration shall, in accordance with § 2–112 of this article, adopt a complete streets policy for transit facilities.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 4 - Acquisition and Construction of Transit Facilities|Section 7-401 - Acquisition of Property

    (a)    In connection with any matter under its jurisdiction, the Administration may acquire by condemnation any property located in the District.    (b)    The Administration may purchase the capital stock of a private carrier or acquire by purchase, lease, or condemnation any property of a private carrier used or useful in rendering transit service, including any rolling stock, shops, garages, terminals, and other assets, property, or facilities.    (c)    Any condemnation of real or personal property under this section shall be instituted and maintained in the name of the Administration and conducted under Title 12 of the Real Property Article.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 4 - Acquisition and Construction of Transit Facilities|Section 7-403 - Purchases

    (a)    Purchases on behalf of the Administration of rolling stock and other property peculiar to the operation of transit facilities or railroad facilities are not subject to law governing procurement by the Department of General Services.    (b)    The selection of long-lead equipment items for purposes of a light rail transit system shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the State procurement laws and regulations and shall use either a competitive sealed bid or competitive sealed proposal method of procurement.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 4 - Acquisition and Construction of Transit Facilities|Section 7-404 - Relocation Program and Payments

    (a)    The federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and § 7 of the federal Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 apply to persons covered by those acts and displaced from real property by action of the Administration, whether or not financial assistance is sought by or extended to the Administration under those acts.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other law, a relocation payment made by the Administration may not be less than that required by the law of the place where the acquired property is located.    (c)    If real property is acquired for the Administration by a federal, State, or local agency or instrumentality, the Administration may reimburse the acquiring agency or instrumentality for any relocation payments that it makes.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 4 - Acquisition and Construction of Transit Facilities|Section 7-405 - Relocation of Public Facility

    (a)    Notwithstanding § 7-404 of this subtitle on relocation program and payments, any highway, other public facility, or facility of a public utility company dislocated by action of the Administration shall be relocated if the facility is devoted to public use.    (b)    If a substitute facility is necessary, the Administration shall pay the reasonable nonbetterment cost of relocation.    (c)    This section may not be construed to affect any agreement relating to, or any interest in, real property owned or controlled by the Administration.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 5 - Operation of Transit Facilities|Section 7-501 - Operation of Facilities

    The Administration may provide transit service by:         (1)    Operating the transit facilities it owns, leases, or otherwise controls; or        (2)    Causing any other person to operate these or other transit facilities, in whole or in part, under contract, lease, or other arrangement.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 5 - Operation of Transit Facilities|Section 7-502 - Coordination of Service by Public Service Commission

    (a)    The Public Service Commission may not grant or renew any operating permit or license unless, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it finds that the route to be served and the service to be performed under the permit or license will conform to the legislative policy stated in § 7-102 of this title.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, on application, complaint, or its own motion, the Public Service Commission shall:        (1)    Direct private carriers to coordinate their service schedules with those of the transit facilities owned or controlled by the Administration;        (2)    Direct private carriers to improve or extend any existing service or to provide additional service over additional routes; and        (3)    If, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it finds that through service and joint fares are required by the public interest:            (i)    Authorize a private carrier, under an agreement between the carrier and the Administration, to establish and maintain through routes and joint fares for transportation to be rendered with transit facilities owned or controlled by the Administration and otherwise to integrate its service with the service performed by the transit facilities owned or controlled by the Administration; or            (ii)    In the absence of agreement, direct a private carrier to establish and maintain with the Administration through routes and joint fares.    (c)    (1)    Unless the private carrier is earning a reasonable return on its operation as a whole in rendering transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, the Public Service Commission may not authorize or direct a private carrier to perform any service, including the establishment or continuation of a joint fare for a through route with the Administration, if the service is based on a division between the Administration and private carrier that does not provide a reasonable return to the private carrier.        (2)    In determining the issue of reasonable return, the Public Service Commission shall consider any income that is derived from the Administration, whether as payment for services or otherwise, and is attributable to the private carrier or to any corporation, firm, association, or other entity owned in whole or in part by the carrier.    (d)    The Public Service Commission may not require the Administration to establish and maintain any through service or joint fare.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 5 - Operation of Transit Facilities|Section 7-503 - Coordination of Service by Administration

    (a)    In cooperation with private carriers and the Public Service Commission, the Administration shall coordinate, to the fullest extent practicable, the routes and service of its transit facilities with the routes and service of private carriers.    (b)    Subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission, the Administration shall:        (1)    Enter into agreements with private carriers to establish and maintain through routes and joint fares and to provide for the division of these joint fares; or        (2)    In the absence of agreement, establish and maintain through routes and joint fares in accordance with orders issued by the Public Service Commission and directed to the private carriers, if the terms and conditions for the through service and joint fares are acceptable to the Administration.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 5 - Operation of Transit Facilities|Section 7-504 - Administration May Perform Transit Service and Subsidize Private Carrier

    If the Public Service Commission fails, refuses, or is unable to direct a private carrier to perform a specified service requested by the Administration, the Administration:         (1)    With the transit facilities it owns or controls, may perform any transit service it considers necessary to provide adequate transit service; and        (2)    By agreement, may make reasonable subsidy payments to private carriers to encourage them to render bus service to the extent practicable.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 5 - Operation of Transit Facilities|Section 7-505 - Charges for Railroad or Transit Facilities

    (a)    As to all or any part of any railroad facility or transit facility, the Administration may:        (1)    Fix, revise, charge, and collect rentals, rates, fees, fares, and other charges for its use or for its services; and        (2)    Contract with any person who desires its use for any purpose and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, rates, fees, fares, and other charges for this use.    (b)    To the extent practicable and consistent with providing adequate service at reasonable fares, the rentals, rates, fees, fares, and other charges imposed for and the services provided by the transit facilities and railroad facilities owned or controlled by the Administration shall be fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of the charges so as to provide funds that, together with any other revenues, are sufficient to:        (1)    Maintain, repair, and operate the transit facilities and railroad facilities;        (2)    Provide for depreciation of the transit facilities and railroad facilities;        (3)    Replace, enlarge, extend, reconstruct, renew, and improve the transit facilities and railroad facilities;        (4)    Pay the costs of purchasing, leasing, or otherwise acquiring and installing rolling stock and other equipment;        (5)    Pay the principal of and interest on any outstanding obligations of the Administration, including obligations incurred for the acquisition of rolling stock;        (6)    Pay the current expenses of the Administration; and        (7)    Provide for any purpose that the Administration considers necessary and desirable to carry out the provisions of this title.    (c)    Except for the authority of the Secretary and, where applicable, the Maryland Transportation Authority, the rentals, rates, fares, fees, and other charges imposed by the Administration are not subject to supervision or regulation by any instrumentality, agency, or unit of this State or any of its political subdivisions.    (d)    (1)    The Administration may contract with the federal government, this State, or any of their agencies or political subdivisions for payments to the Administration for free or reduced fare transportation of employees or other persons.        (2)    With respect to the operation of transit service, the Administration shall allow individuals with disabilities who are employed by sheltered workshops and who earn less than the current minimum wage, as determined by the Federal Wage and Hours Board, to travel free to and from those workshops.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 5 - Operation of Transit Facilities|Section 7-507 - Compliance With Disclosure Requirements Regarding Involvement in Deportations

    An entity that submits a bid or proposal to the Administration on a procurement contract to provide MARC service that is funded in whole or in part by public funds shall comply with the requirements of Title 12, Subtitle 5 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 6 - Labor Relations|Section 7-601 - Labor Contracts

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated:        (1)    “Accredited representative” includes the representative of any labor organization, or its successor, authorized to act for the employees described in subsection (b) of this section. As of December 31, 1983, “accredited representative” included only:            (i)    The Amalgamated Transit Union, Division No. 1300;            (ii)    The Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 2; and            (iii)    The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 1859, Council 67.        (2)    “Employees” means those employees who are validly represented by an accredited representative.    (b)    The Administration shall bargain collectively and enter into written collective bargaining agreements as to wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension and retirement provisions with the accredited representatives of its employees who are employed in:        (1)    Job classifications that on December 31, 1983, were included in recognized bargaining units pursuant to agreements in force on that date between the Administration and an accredited representative identified in subsection (a)(1)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section; and        (2)    New or revised classifications comparable to those described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, provided, however, that supervisory, managerial, professional, confidential, including secretaries or assistants to administrative department and section heads or to other management staff personnel, and engineering classifications shall not be included.    (c)    The Administration may provide its employees with automatic cost-of-living wage adjustments in accordance with any applicable formula in a collective bargaining agreement between the parties, provided that the aggregate of automatic cost-of-living wage adjustments provided to any employee in any contract year does not exceed 5 percent of the employee’s base wage rate as that base wage rate existed immediately prior to commencement of the contract year.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 6 - Labor Relations|Section 7-602 - Arbitration in Labor Disputes

    (a)    In this section, “labor dispute” is to be construed broadly and includes any controversy as to:        (1)    Wages, salaries, hours, or other working conditions;        (2)    Benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, pension, or retirement provisions;        (3)    Grievances that arise; or        (4)    Collective bargaining agreements, including:            (i)    The making or maintaining of any collective bargaining agreement;            (ii)    The terms to be included in it; or            (iii)    Its interpretation or application.    (b)    If, in a labor dispute between the Administration and any employees described in § 7-601 of this subtitle, collective bargaining does not result in agreement, the Administration shall submit the dispute to an arbitration board.    (c)    (1)    The arbitration board shall consist of three members appointed as follows:            (i)    One by the Administration;            (ii)    One by the authorized representative of the employees; and            (iii)    One jointly by the Administration and the authorized representative.        (2)    If, within 10 days after the appointment of the second arbitrator, a third arbitrator has not been appointed, either arbitrator may request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or any other entity specified by contract between the Administration and the authorized representative to furnish a list of five persons, from which the third arbitrator shall be selected. Promptly after receiving the list, the two appointed arbitrators shall determine the order of elimination by lot and, in the determined order, each shall eliminate one name alternately until only one name remains. The remaining person is the third arbitrator.        (3)    The third arbitrator is the chairman of the board.    (d)    A majority determination of the board is final and binding on all disputed matters.    (e)    Each party shall pay 50 percent of the arbitration expenses.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 6 - Labor Relations|Section 7-603 - Pensions

    (a)    This section does not apply to a member of the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force who has the powers granted to a police officer under § 7-207 of this title.    (b)    The Administration may establish and maintain a system of pensions and retirement benefits for any of its employees.    (c)    The Administration may:        (1)    Fix the terms of and restrictions on admission to the system and the classifications in it;        (2)    Provide that individuals eligible for admission to the system are not eligible for admission to or eligible to receive any benefits from any other pension system, except Social Security benefits, if the other system is financed or funded, whether wholly or partially or directly or indirectly, by funds paid or appropriated by the Administration; and        (3)    Provide a system of benefits payable to the beneficiaries and dependents of any participant in the system after the death of the participant, whether accidental or not and whether occurring in the performance of duty or not, subject to any exceptions, conditions, restrictions, and classifications that the Administration provides.    (d)    Unless the Administration determines otherwise, no employee of the Administration and no beneficiary or dependent of any employee of the Administration is eligible to receive any pension, retirement, or other benefit both under the Administration’s system and under any other pension or retirement system established by an acquired transportation system or provided for under any collective bargaining agreement between the Administration and the authorized representatives of its employees.    (e)    The pension system shall be financed or funded as the Administration determines economically feasible.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  7-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 7 - Mass Transit|Subtitle 6 - Labor Relations|Section 7-604 - Compensation of Laborers and Mechanics

    (a)    The Administration shall take the action necessary to ensure that every laborer and mechanic employed by contractors or subcontractors in the construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of projects, buildings, and works undertaken or financially assisted by the Administration:        (1)    Is paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the federal Davis-Bacon Act; and        (2)    Receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times his basic rate of pay for all hours worked in any work week over 8 hours in any work day or 40 hours in any work week, as the case may be.    (b)    A provision specifying the minimum wages and stating the requirement that overtime be paid as provided in this section shall be consistent with the provisions of Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article, and shall be:        (1)    Set out in each invitation for bids or request for proposals; and        (2)    Made a part of the contract covering the project, which contract is deemed to be a contract of the character specified in § 103 of the federal Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.    (c)    The requirements of this section also apply to the employment of laborers and mechanics in the construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of the transit facilities owned or controlled by the Administration, if the work is performed by a contractor under an agreement with the operator of the transit facilities.