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PUBLIC LAW 8 9 - 7 7 4 - N O V. 6, 1966

Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact (herein referred to as title III), substantially as follows: "TITLE III ''ARTICLE

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"DEFINrriONS

" 1. As used in this Title, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: " (a) 'Board' means the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; " (b) 'Director' means a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; "(c) 'Private transit companies' and 'private carriers' means corporations, persons, firms or associations rendering transit service within the Zone pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission or by a franchise granted by the United States or any signatory party to this Title; " (d) 'Signatory' means the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; " (e) 'State' includes District of Columbia; " (f) 'Transit facilities' means all real and personal property located in the Zone, necessary or useful in rendering transit service between points within the Zone, by means of rail, bus, water or air and any other mode of travel, including without limitation, tracks, rights of way, bridges, tunnels, subways, rolling stock for rail, motor vehicle, marine and air transportation, stations, terminals and ports, areas for parking and all equipment, fixtures, buildings and structures and services incidental to or required in connection with the performance of transit service; " (g) 'Transit services' means the transportation of persons and their packages and baggage by means of transit facilities between points within the Zone and includes the transportation of newspapers, express and mail between such points but does not include taxicab, sightseeing or charter service; and " (h) ' W M A T C means Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission. "ARTICLE

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"PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS

"Purpose "2. The purpose of this Title is to create a regional instrumentality, as a common agency of each signatory party, empowered, in the manner hereinafter set forth, (1) to plan, develop, finance and cause to be operated improved transit facilities, in coordination with transportation and general development planning for the Zone, as part of a balanced regional system of transportation, utilizing to their best advantage the various modes of transportation, (2) to coordinate the operation of the public and privately owned or controlled transit facilities, to the fullest extent practicable, into a unified regional transit system without unnecessary duplicating service, and (3) to serve such other regional purposes and to perform such other regional functions as the signatories may authorize by appropriate legislation. 65-300 0-67—86

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