Maryland Transportation Section 7-507

      (a)      Except for temporary or emergency changes in matters affecting service, the Administration shall refer to the Public Service Commission and the People's Counsel to the Public Service Commission, for consideration and recommendations before any hearing held under § 7-506 of this subtitle:

            (1)      Any matter that the Administration considers might affect the operation of the publicly and privately owned or controlled transit facilities as a coordinated regional transit system; and

            (2)      Any matter on which the Administration has called a hearing under § 7-506 of this subtitle.

      (b)      (1)      The Public Service Commission shall give a matter referred to it under this section preference over any other matters pending before it and, as soon as possible, shall prepare and send its report on the matter to the Administration. If the People's Counsel to the Public Service Commission does not adopt the report of the Public Service Commission, he may file a separate report at the time that the report of the Public Service Commission is filed.

            (2)      The Administration may request the Public Service Commission or the People's Counsel to reconsider any part of its report or to make any supplemental report that the Administration considers necessary.

            (3)      All of these reports are advisory only.

      (c)      Any report that the Public Service Commission or the People's Counsel submits to the Administration shall consider, among other things:

            (1)      The impact on the revenues of both public and private transit facilities; and

            (2)      The probable effect of the referred matter on:

                  (i)      The operation of the publicly and privately owned or controlled transit facilities as a coordinated regional system;

                  (ii)      Passenger movements;

                  (iii)      Fare structures; and

                  (iv)      Service.