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 90 STAT. 672

PUBLIC LAW 94-306—JUNE 4, 1976

Public Law 94-306 94th Congress An Act June 4, 1976 [H.R. 8719]

D.C. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, amendments. D.C. Code 1-1431C. "Transit Zone' or "Zone."

'WMATC."

Metro Transit Police. Establishment.

Jurisdiction.

To provide for an amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to provide for the protection of the patrons, personnel, and property of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress hereby consents to, and adopts and enacts for the District of Columbia, amendments to articles I and X VI of title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Kegulation Compact (D.C, Code, sec. 1-1431 note) as follows, which amendments have been adopted substantially by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland: (1) Section 1(g) of article I is amended by striking "and" at the end thereof. (2) Section 1(h) of article I is amended to read as follows: "(h) 'Transit Zone' or 'Zone' means the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Zone created by and described in section 3, as well as any additional area that may be added pursuant to section 83(a); and". (3) Section 1 of article I is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(i) 'WMATC means Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission.". (4) Section 76 of article XVI is amended to read as follows: "76. (a) The Authority is authorized to establish and maintain a regular police force, to be known as the Metro Transit Police, to provide protection for its patrons, personnel, and transit facilities. The Metro Transit Police shall have the powers and duties and shall be subject to the limitations set forth in this section. It shall be composed of both uniformed and plainclothes personnel and shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the laws of the signatories, the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the political subdivisions thereof in the Transit Zone, and the rules and regulations of the Authority. The jurisdiction of the Metro Transit Police shall be limited to all the transit facilities owned, controlled, or operated by the Authority, but this shall not limit the power of the Metro Transit Police to make arrests in the Transit Zone for violations committed upon, to, or against such transit facilities committed from within or outside such transit facilities while in hot or close pursuit, or to execute traffic citations and criminal process in accordance with subsection (c). The members of the Metro Transit Police shall have concurrent jurisdiction in the performance of their duties with the duly constituted law enforcement agencies of the signatories and of the political subdivisions thereof in which any transit facility of the Authority is located or in which the Authority operates any transit service. Nothing contained in this section shall either relieve any signatory or political subdivision or agency thereof from its duty to provide police, fire, and other public safety service and protection, or limit, restrict, or interfere with the jurisdiction of or the performance of duties by the existing police, fire, and other public safety agencies.

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