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    §   378.   Transition.  a.  All  franchises,  revocable  consents  and
  concessions granted prior to the effective date of  this  section  shall
  remain in full force and effect for the terms which they were granted.
    b. Not later than the first day of March, nineteen hundred ninety, the
  mayor shall designate a single agency as the responsible agency for each
  type  of  franchise  currently  granted  by  the city. If such an agency
  intends to continue granting any such  type  of  franchise,  the  agency
  shall  submit  to the council a proposed authorizing resolution for such
  type of franchise at least two years, or such shorter period as  may  be
  approved  by the franchise and concession review committee, prior to the
  earliest expiration  date  of  any  existing  franchise  of  that  type;
  provided,  however,  that  such  an  agency,  with  the  approval of the
  franchise  and  concession  review  committee,   may   extend   to   the
  thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred ninety-two the expiration
  date  of  any franchise which is scheduled to expire prior to that date,
  if such an extension is necessary in order to provide  the  agency  with
  adequate  time during which to prepare a proposed authorizing resolution
  for the type of franchise  involved;  and  provided  further,  that  the
  department  of  transportation,  with  the approval of the franchise and
  concession review committee, may  extend  the  expiration  date  of  the
  operating  authority  of any private bus company that receives a subsidy
  from the city that operates the bus  routes  BXM1,  BXM2,  BXM3,  BXM4A,
  BXM4B,  BXM11,  and  BXM18 to a date not later than the fifteenth day of
  January, two thousand and five, and for any  private  bus  company  that
  receives a subsidy from the city that operates the bus routes QM1, QM1A,
  QM2,  QM2A,  QM3, QM4, Q25, Q34, Q65, Q65A, Q66, Q67, Q101, Q101R, Q102,
  Q103, Q104, and QBX1 to a date not later than the  twenty-sixth  day  of
  February,  two  thousand  and five, and for any private bus company that
  receives a subsidy from the city that  operates  the  bus  routes  BXM6,
  BXM7,  BXM7A,  BXM7B,  BXM9,  and  BXM10  to  a  date not later than the
  fifteenth day of September, two thousand and five, and for  any  private
  bus  company that receives a subsidy from the city that operates the bus
  routes Q18, Q19, Q19A, Q19B, Q23, Q29, Q33, Q38,  Q39,  Q45,  Q47,  Q53,
  Q72,  QM10,  QM11,  QM12, QM22, QM24, and QM24W to a date not later than
  the twenty-eighth day of February, two thousand six, and for any private
  bus company that receives a subsidy from the city that operates the  bus
  routes  Q110,  Q111,  Q112,  Q113, and QM21 to a date not later than the
  twenty-eighth day of February, two thousand six, and for any private bus
  company that receives a subsidy from the  city  that  operates  the  bus
  routes  Q6,  Q7,  Q8, Q9, Q9A, Q10, Q10A, Q11, Q21, Q22, Q22A, Q35, Q37,
  Q40, Q41, Q60, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, and QM23 to a date not later than
  the twenty-eighth day of February, two thousand six, and for any private
  bus company that receives a subsidy from the city that operates the  bus
  routes B100, B103, BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, and BQM1 to a date not later than
  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  February,  two  thousand  six; and provided
  further, that the department of transportation, with the approval of the
  franchise and concession review committee,  may  extend  the  expiration
  date of the operating authority of any private bus company that does not
  receive  a  subsidy from the city to a date not later than the thirtieth
  day of June, two thousand and seven;  and  provided  further,  that  the
  department  of  transportation,  with  the approval of the franchise and
  concession review committee, may  extend  the  expiration  date  of  any
  franchise  to operate and maintain bus shelters to a date not later than
  the thirty-first day of December, two thousand six. Notwithstanding  the
  provisions  of  section three hundred seventy-one, the public notice and
  hearing requirements of the franchise and  concession  review  committee
  with  respect  to an approval of an extension of the operating authority
  of a private bus company that receives a subsidy from the city shall  be

  fully  satisfied  by  a public hearing held after notice of such hearing
  shall have been published at least one day prior  thereto  in  the  City
  Record.