Chairman
Linda W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor
A BILL IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Chairman Linda W. Cropp introduced the
following bill, at the request of the Mayor, which was referred to the Committee on Local
and Regional Affairs
To amend the ticket transfer provision to make
it applicable to the existing public transportation system, thereby permitting prosecution
of persons who give a transfer ticket for Metrobus to someone else to use.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Metrobus Ticket Transfer Amendment
Act of 2000".
Sec. 2. Chapter 190 of An Act Authorizing
certain extensions to be made of the lines of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Company, the Washington Railway and Electric Company, the City and Suburban Railway of
Washington, and the Capital Traction Company, in the District of Columbia, and for other
purposes, effective May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 250, D.C. Code §44-203, passim), is amended as
follows:
(a) The first sentence of section 15 (D.C.
Code § 44-207) is amended to read as follows:
"No transfer ticket or written or printed
instrument giving or purporting to give the right of transfer to any person or persons
from a rail transit car or from a public passenger vehicle with a capacity for seating 12
or more passengers, owned and/or operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority, which is transporting passengers in regular route service within the corporate
limits of the District of Columbia, to any public passenger vehicle with a capacity for
seating 12 or more passengers, owned and/or operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority, which is transporting passengers in regular route service within the
corporate limits of the District of Columbia, shall be issued, sold or given except to a
passenger lawfully entitled thereto.".
(b) Section 17 (D.C. Code § 44-203) is
amended by:
(1) Striking the phrase "Public Service
Commission" and inserting the phrase "Corporation Counsel" in its place;
and(2) Striking the word "Commission"
at the end of the sentence and inserting the phrase "District of Columbia" in
its place.
Sec. 3. The Council adopts the fiscal impact
statement in the committee report as the fiscal impact statement required by section
602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
813, D.C. Code §1-233(c)(3)).
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect following
approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to
override the veto), approval by the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority as provided in section 203(a) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat.
116; D.C. Code §47-392.3(a)), a 30-day period of Congressional review as provided in
section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973
(87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code §1-233(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia
Register.