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 96 STAT. 2152

PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983 and operation and maintenance requirements for one-, five-, and ten-year periods at specified levels of service. CONSTRUCTION CONDITION

Financial assistance.

SEC. 311. The Secretary of Transportation shall only make available Federal financial assistance to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Trcinsit Authority for the construction of the proposed fixed rail line from Doraville, Georgia, to the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport on the condition that the portion of such line extending north from Lenox Station to Doraville and the portion of such line extending south from Lakewood Station to the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport will be constructed simultaneously in usable segments so that revenue passenger service to Doraville and such airport shall commence at approximately the same time. This section shall apply until priorities different from those set forth in the preceding sentence are adopted after September 30, 1983, by a valid act of the Georgia Grenered Assembly and by a valid resolution of the Board of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. LOAN REPAYMENT

49 USC 1601 note.

49 USC 1602.

SEC. 312. (a) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall have no obligation to repay the United States 80 per centum of the principal and the interest owed on the following loans entered into with the Secretary of Transportation under the Urban Mass Tremsportation Act of 1964 for the acquisition of rights-of-way: the loan numbered MA03-9001 entered into on January 26, 1973, and the loan numbered MA23-9010 entered into on December 20, 1976. (b)(l) The Secretary of Transportation may convert the remaining 20 per centum of the principal and interest owed on the loans described in subsection (a) to grants under the conditions set forth in paragraph (2), (2) In lieu of the local matching share otherwise required, the grant agreement may provide that State or local funds shall be committed to public transportation projects in the urbanized area, on a schedule acceptable to the Secretary of Transportation, in an amount equal to the local share that would have been required had the amount of principal and interest forgiven under subsection (a) been the Federal share of a capital grant made when the original loan was made. The State or local funds contributed under the terms of the preceding sentence shall be made available for capital projects eligible for funding under section 3(a) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and may not be used to satisfy the local matching requirements for any other grant project. A D V A N C E ACQUISITION O F RIGHTS-OF-WAY

49 USC 1602.

SEC. 313. Section 3(a)(l)(A) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by striking out "and" the second place it appears and by inserting immediately before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", and the acquisition of rights-of-way, and relocation, for fixed guideway corridor development for projects in advanced stages of any such detailed alternatives analyses or preliminary engineering".

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