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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Section 7-506 – Hearings
(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section or § 7–208(b–2) of this title, until a public hearing is held on the matter, the Administration may not: (i) Fix or revise any fare or rate charged the general public; (ii) Establish or abandon any bus or rail route listed on a published timetable; (iii) Change a bus […]
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.