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 PUBLIC LAW 101-505—NOV. 3, 1990 104 STAT. 1303 "ARTICLE V "1. An action by the Commission may not be effective unless a maiority of the members concur. 2. An order entered by the Commission under the provisions of Title II of this Act which affects operations or matters solely intrastate or solely within the District of Columbia may not be effective unless the Commissioner from the affected signatory concurs. "3. Two members of the Commission are a quorum. "4. The Commission may delegate by regulation the tasks that it considers appropriate. "ARTICLE VI "This Compact does not amend, alter, or affect the power of the signatories and their political subdivisions to levy and collect taxes on the property or income of any person or company subject to this Act or upon any material, equipment, or supplies purchased by that person or company or to levy, assess, and collect franchise or other similar taxes, or fees for the licensing of vehicles and their operation. "ARTICLE VII "This amended Compact shall become effective 90 days after the Effective date, signatories adopt it. "ARTICLE VIII "1. (a) This Compact may be amended from time to time without the prior consent or approval of the Congress of the United States and any amendment shall be effective unless, within one year, the Congress disapproves that amendment. "(b) An amendment may not be effective unless adopted by each of the signatories. "2. (a) A signatory may withdraw from the Compact upon written notice to the other signatories. "(b) In the event of a withdrawal, the Compact shall be terminated at the end of the Commission's next full fiscal year following the notice. "3. Upon the termination of this Compact, the jurisdiction over the matters and persons covered by this Act shall revert to the signatories and the federal government, as their interests may appear, and the applicable laws of the signatories and the federal government shall be reactivated without further legislation. "ARTICLE IX "Each of the signatories pledges to each of the other signatories faithful cooperation in the regulation of passenger transportation within the Metropolitsin District and agrees to enact any necessary legislation to achieve the objectives of the Compact for the mutual benefit of the citizens living in the Metropolitan District. "ARTICLE X "1. If a provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any other application of

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