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PUBLIC LAW 87-767-OCT. 9, 1962

District and to the persons engaged in rendering or performing such transportation service, except— • "(1) transportation by water; "(2) transportation by the Federal Government, the signatories hereto, or any political subdivision thereof; "(3) transportation by motor vehicles employed solely in transporting school children and teachers to or from public or private schools; "(4) transportation performed in the course of an operation over a regular route, between a point in the Metropolitan District and a point outside the Metropolitan District, including transportation between points on such regular route within the Metropolitan District as to interstate and foreign commerce, if authorized by certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and any carrier whose only transportation within the Metropolitan District is within this exemption shall not be deemed to be a carrier subject to the Compact; provided, however, if the primary function of a carrier's entire operations is the furnishing of mass transportation service within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit District, then such operations in the Metropolitan District shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission; "(5) transportation performed by a common carrier by railroad subject to Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. ituscTet "(b) The provisions of this Title II shall not apply to transporta- seq, tion as specified in this section solely within the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the activities of persons engaged in such transportation, nor shall any provision of this Title II be construed to infringe the exercise of any power or the discharge of any duties conferred or imposed upon the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia by the Virginia Constitution. "(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, this Act shall apply to taxicabs and other vehicles used in performing a bona fide taxicab service having a seating capacity of eight passengers or less in addition to the driver thereof with respect only to (i) the rate or charges for transportation from one signatory to another within the confines of the Metropolitan District, and (ii) requirements for minimum insurance coverage. "Annual Report of the Commission "24. The Commission shall make an annual report for each fiscal year ending June thirtieth, to the Governor of Virginia and the Governor of Maryland, and to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia as soon as practicable after June thirtieth, but no later than the 1st day of January of each year, which shall contain, in addition to a report of the work performed under this Act, such other information and recommendations concerning passenger transportation within the Metropolitan District, as the Commission deems advisable." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress consent of is hereby given to the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth Congress. of Virginia to effectuate the foregoing amendments to the compact,

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