ELECTION OF COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SEC. 6. (a) Four members of the Commission shall be elected at large by the people of the District of Columbia, pursuant to the provisions of the District of Columbia Election Act (Act of August 12, 1955, 69 Stat. 699, as amended by the Act of October 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 817; sec. 401, Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967; Public Law 90-292, Ninetieth Congress) and pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the District of Columbia Board of Education Act of June 20, 1906 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101), as amended. (b) The general election of such members shall take place on the date of the first general, primary, or runoff election (whichever occurs earlier) to be held pursuant to the provisions of the District of Columbia Election Act and of the District of Columbia Board of Education Act which takes place more than ninety days after the approval of this Act. (c) If the general election of such members held under subsection (b) of this section would not take place within one hundred and eighty days after approval of this Act, the Board of Elections for the District of Columbia shall provide for a special election of such members. Such election shall take place as soon after the approval of this Act as it can reasonably be held, but no less than ninety days and no more than one hundred and eighty days after the approval of this Act. (d) The provisions of the District of Columbia Election Act and of section 2 of the District of Columbia Board of Education Act, as amended, relating to the election of candidates for the Board of Education elected at large, shall apply to the election of the elected members of the Commission, except as otherwise modified by this Act. (e) (1) The following provisions of the District of Columbia Election Act shall not be applicable to the election of elected members of the Commission: Section 1, subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h)(1) of section 8, subsections (a) (1) and (a)(2), (d), and (e) of section 10, subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 13 and section 15. (2) The following provisions of section 2 of the District of Columbia Board of Education Act, as amended, shall not be applicable to election of elected members of the Commission: Section 2(a), (b), subsection (1) or section 2(c), section 2 (d) and (e). ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SEC. 7. The General Services Administration shall provide administrative ser vices for the Commission on a reimbursable basis. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be approriated out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. O COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 2185 and H.R. 11193 TO AUTHORIZE A FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION FOR THE 30-789 JUNE 10 AND 11, 1969 Printed for the use of the Committees on the District of Columbia DEPORTED BY THE TED STATES OF AMYRIC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1969 Babson, Frederick A., chairman, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Beatley, Hon. Charles E., mayor, City of Alexandria, Va......- Beggs, Hon. James M., Under Secretary, Department of Transportation. Coppe, Comer S., deputy budget officer, District of Columbia government.. Graham, Gen. Jackson, general manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Rhoads, Hon. Lee M., chairman, Northern Virginia Transit Commission. Shannon, William V., president, Yuma Street Citizens Committee.. Sickles, Hon. Carlton R., second vice chairman, Washington Metropolitan Spellman, Mrs. Gladys Noon, chairman, Washington Suburban Transit Tidd, J. Thomas, legal counsel, Department of Transportation.. Washington, Hon. Walter E., Commissioner, District of Columbia Weir, O. L., president, Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade_ Aluisi, Francis, chairman, Prince Georges County Board of Commissioners_ Babson, Frederick A., Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Construction procedures designed to minimize disruption___ Formula (WMATA) for allocating local net project cost among the Dis- Letter and resolution of Washington Suburban Transit Commission, Letter dated June 13, 1969, from Joseph Yeldell to Chairman Tydings 85 Questions and answers.. Resolution of Northern Virginia Transportation Commission_. Letter dated June 17, 1969, from Jackson Graham, general manager, Page 45 Precedent and need for special legislation for the Washington Metropolitan Area Mass Transit System... 62 117 104 53 APPENDIX Economics of Metro___ 163 Metro-a rapid rail transit system for the National Capital region_-_ 123 Letters: American University Park Citizens Association___ 176 173 174 173 175 174 McDiarmid, Mrs. Dorothy S., House of Delegates, Commonwealth Pollard, Fred G., Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia__ 175 Endorsements__ Engineering coordination_ Fare collection system__ Fare splits--- Federal contribution_ Federal interest_. Federal-State formula.. Financing the system. Foreign transit systems.. Future requirements.. Interest cost on bonds. Labor provisions_. 71, 86, 91, 92, 95, 97, 99, 105, 106 120 120 35 22, 24, 31, 53, 67, 70 23, 72, 75 26, 48 50, 87, 101 93 64 75 33 108 117 59 71 121 59, 62, 75, 100, 107 86 75 28 |