The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: law on public transport services to make the public transport Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2007, no. 15) the following amendments: 1. Turn off all over the law, the word "basic".
2. in article 1: Express 1 and 2 in the following wording: "route 1)-legislation approved within a specific public vehicle (regardless of the type of vehicle and number) the motion path between the two endpoints of the movement;
2) route network — using the existing road, the street or the track network, created a set of routes, which are organized in the public transport services, providing State guaranteed a certain quality and quantity of public transport services, which are available for every Member of the public, including country specific categories of passengers with, and are tailored to the country specific categories of passengers with special needs ";
Add to paragraph 3, after the word "development" with the words "approval";
turn off paragraph 4;
make paragraph 6 by the following: "6) city importance — the route March in Ruth, which provides the movement of the city as well as the administrative limits of the city to the nearby surrounding areas;"
to make 8 and 9 point as follows: "8) regional matter inter-urban route-route that provides movement in the territory mainly from one administrative areas to the administrative area in the planning area or other connecting the cities of the Republic;
9) regional local route: a route that provides movement one district administrative territory of this district to the nearby surrounding areas or to another county within the planning region; "
Add to article 9.1 of the following paragraph: ' 91) — public service vehicle route from one endpoint to the other endpoint it; ";
make paragraph 10 by the following: ' 10) public transport services — available to customers of citizens organized the regular carriage of passengers by a public passenger vehicle may use the laws and established; "
turn off paragraph 11;
Express 12 and 13 the following paragraph: "12) organizing public transport services — award the carrier to provide public transport services;
13) public transport services order, procedure, according to which the subscriber chooses the carrier and assigns the right to provide public transport services route network, the route or trip; "
turn off paragraph 14, the words "and that passengers can use in accordance with the provisions of the carriage of passengers".
3. To make article 3, third paragraph as follows: "(3) in matters relating to public transport industry, are governed by the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and (EEC) No 1107/70, and other laws."
4. Article 4: to supplement the first subparagraph following the words "Ministry of transport" with the words "planning regions";
make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) the Ministry of transportation, its institutions, the planning regions and municipalities within its competence, monitor the law and other regulatory compliance in the public transport sector and organise public transport services route network."
5. Article 5: replace the title of the article the words "District municipalities" with the words "regional planning";
Add to the first paragraph of paragraph 2, after the word "routes" with the words "and all railway routes";
replace the first subparagraph of paragraph 5, the words "Republic city or district local authorities" with the words "city authorities of the Republic or the planning regions";
replace the first subparagraph of paragraph 6, the words "District municipalities" with the words "planning" of the region;
turn off the first part of paragraph 7;
to make the second part of paragraph 3 as follows: "3) make suggestions to the Directorate of road transport or planning region for organising public transport services on the route of the competence network;";
replace the third paragraph in the introductory part, the words "District municipalities" with the words "planning" of the region;
make the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 and 2 as follows: "1) familiar with the route network of the regional local routes;
2) organize public transport services route network's regional routes and local interest, in coordination with the relevant local authorities, the regional local routes that provide movement within the municipality urban areas; "
turn off the third subparagraph in paragraph 3, the words "and order contracts (contract amendment) project ';
turn off the third subparagraph in paragraph 4, the words "or order contract (contract amendment) project ';
make the third subparagraph of paragraph 5 by the following: "5) make suggestions to the Directorate of road transport and of the City Municipality of organising public transport services on the route of the competence network;".
6. Article 6: turn off the second part;
express the sixth part as follows: "(6) route network development, ensuring: 1) city importance transport: (a)) of the City Centre's relationship with other parts of the city, the city part b) relationships, (c)) of the city centre or the part of town the closest surrounding areas;
2) regional local transport: a) near the municipality of mutual obligations, (b) the county or city) administrations reach district, c) planning regions in adjacent counties of the city, between the reach d) constituting the district planning region linkage to the nearest town planning in the region, which is not located in that municipality;
3) regional intercity transport: a) the meaning of the city with other cities of the Republic, (b)), the Riga City municipality, which is not located in the Riga planning region, c) the relationship between the County and cities that are located in different regions of the planning. "
7. Article 7: express first and second subparagraph by the following: "(1) if the route network route to the meaning of the city move beyond the administrative borders of the city, of the city and the planning region after coordination with the Directorate of road transport agreement concluded on city and regional local route network boundaries.
(2) the city of Riga and the Riga planning region referred to in the first paragraph of the agreement if the switch route network of Riga City meaning route to go outside the administrative borders of the city more than 15 kilometers. ";
turn off the third-part 2;
turn off the third subparagraph in paragraph 8 the words "route (route) network management";
replace the fourth and fifth paragraphs the words "District municipalities" with the words "planning area";
replace the sixth paragraph, the words "district administration" with the words "planning" in the region.
8. Express article 8 by the following: ' article 8. Public transport services in order to (1) the customer is granted the right to provide public transport services route network, the route or trip.
(2) the principal public transport services order organized in accordance with the public procurement law or the law governing the award of concessions, in so far as this law provides otherwise.
(3) the principal that created the public transport service Corporation in which all shares or voting shares owned by the Subscriber, the right to provide public transport services that the Corporation may grant, subject to this article not referred to in the second paragraph of public transport service for the order procedure.
(4) the Corporation, which has the right to provide public transport services in accordance with the third paragraph of this article, are not eligible to participate in the other principals in the public transport services organised the order procedure.
(5) one regional carrier for local and regional matter inter-urban routes network operated by a total of no more than 40 percent of the network, except when being taken by carriage to the tracks. If the carrier has entered into public transport service contracts in accordance with the legal procedure, no less than 50 percent of the routes of public transport services are provided by the contractor.
(6) organizing public transport services order in accordance with the second subparagraph of this article, the carrier may submit a joint offer of public transport services.
(7) the right to provide public transport services route network, the route or trip and granted public transport service contracts concluded: 1) the provision of public transport services on the track: for 15 years, but if the provision of public transport services, the carrier involved completely new vehicles, for a period up to 22.5;

2) public transport services by coach and bus for 8 years, but if the provision of public transport services, the carrier involved completely new vehicles, for a period of up to 12 years.
(8) to Switch to public transport service contracts, which are involved in several types of public vehicles, public transport services may be awarded for the seventh part of this article, the time limits laid down in paragraph 1, if at least 50 percent of the contract value comprises public transport services, which are provided by the tracks.
(9) public transport services may be provided by the carrier, which legislation has received in accordance with the procedure prescribed for the carriage of passengers, the special permission (license).
(10) the client, taking into account the demand for public transport services, you can increase or decrease the carrier assigned to public transport service rights in public transport services concluded the contract.
(11) the decision on the provision of public transport services award challenge or appeal shall not suspend its activity. This provision shall not apply where the application of the public procurement Act. "
9. Turn off the article 9.
10. Article 10: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) the carrier incurred losses and expenses associated with the provision of public transport services, according to this law, shall compensate the 11 and 12 article.";
to turn off the second and fourth.
11. the title of chapter V be expressed by the following: "chapter V provision of public transport services and use the order".
12. Article 13: put the title as follows: "article 13. The provision of public transport services and use ";
make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) public transport services route network, route, or service provided on public transport service contract basis.";
to supplement the article with the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and thirteenth of dsmit divp part as follows: "(6) the passenger public transport services route network is used on regular passenger transport contract whereby the carrier undertakes for a fee to take the passengers to their designated stops on the route, but the passenger undertakes to pay for public transport services.
(7) the regular passenger transport agreement enters into force at the time when the passenger launches use public transport services (picked up in public transport vehicle). Ticket means that the passenger has paid for carrier service provided by public transport.
(8) For public transport services without pay for valid tickets or driving a passenger pays the carrier penalty.
(9) the maximum amount of Penalties and procedures determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. The amount of the contractual penalty determined by the carrier.
(10) the carrier shall be entitled to make regular passenger (ticket and other driving rights supporting documents).
(11) the carrier has an obligation to inform passengers about the fare and fine levels, as well as on other important public transport services terms of use easy-to-understand way, these provisions place the visible to a passenger.
(12) the passenger has the right to use the public transport carrier services in accordance with the regular passenger services contract.
(13) the passenger is obliged to follow the regular passenger transport provisions of the Treaty and other public transport services in the laws governing public transport services referred to in the terms of use. "
13. Supplement article 14 with the third subparagraph by the following: "(3) municipalities have the right to determine the fare relief in its administrative territory, if this fare determination of the relief carrier effects fully offset from the municipality budget."
14. Article 15 shall be expressed by the following introductory paragraph: "in addition to article 3 of this law, in the third subparagraph of that regulation, public procurement law or the law governing the award of concessions, and other public transport services industry regulatory legislation specified public transportation services contract may specify:".
15. transitional provisions: exclude paragraph 6;
transitional provisions be supplemented with 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 the following: "9.-2007 December 31 municipalities and carrier agreements for the provision of public transport services is in force no longer than until 31 December 2011.
10. If until 2007 December 31 municipalities and operators of contracts concluded for the provision of public transport services were provided for that particular route network is serviced according to commercial principles, the following treaty provisions in force no longer than until 31 December 2011. Municipalities are obliged to inform passengers about the fare relief procedures in the use of the route part of the net that is serviced in accordance with commercial principles.
11. Article 3 of the law referred to in the third subparagraph of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 1370/2007, entry into force (December 3, 2009) for the organisation of public transport Council of 26 June 1969, Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway, if the laws of the European Union is not otherwise specified.
12.2009.2 December under this Act if, in specific cases, the provision of public transport services at break or there is an imminent threat that it could join, in order to ensure the provision of public transport services in the continuity of the customer is entitled to conclude with a new carrier or extend existing public transport service contracts for a period not longer than two years, without applying the law that public transport service order procedures.
13. The Cabinet of Ministers until 30 June 2009 to article 14 of this law shall be issued in the second part of these provisions, which define the categories of passengers are entitled to use the fare relief route network routes, as well as the use of procedures and facilities. To the Cabinet from the date of entry into force of the provisions, but no longer than up to 30 June 2009 are applicable to the Cabinet of Ministers of 2 October 2007 the provisions of no. 677 "rules for categories of passengers who are entitled to use the fare relief route network routes", in so far as they do not conflict with this Act.
14. amendment of this law, to replace article 5 paragraph 6 of the first subparagraph and the introductory part of article 7, as well as the fourth and fifth paragraphs the words "District municipalities" (where the number and fold) with the words "planning area" (where the number and fold), title of article 5, the words "districts" with the words "region" and of planning the first part of paragraph 5, the words "Republic city or district municipalities", with the words "city authorities of the Republic or the planning regions" as well as amendments to this law, article 1, 6, 8 and 9, the second paragraph of article 4, article 5, paragraph 3, second subparagraph, third-part 1, 2 and 5, article 6 and 7 of the sixth part of the article the first and second parts of the new version of the expression, article 4, first paragraph, adding after the words "Ministry of transport" with the words "planning regions", article 5, paragraph 2, first subparagraph after the word "replenishment" with the words "domestic routes and all railway routes" as well as the amendment to article 7 of the sixth part, expect to replace the words "district administration" with the words "planning" in the region, shall enter into force on January 1, 2010.
15. From 1 July 2009 to the transitional provisions referred to in point 14 of the entry into force of the amendments to the terms used in this law, "district" means the area which existed in the administrative and territorial reform is complete.
16. the transitional provisions referred to in paragraph 14 of the entry into force of the amendments of the district local government bodies shall continue to exercise this statutory districts.
17. these regional local routes to the transitional provisions referred to in point 14 of the entry into force of the amendments were viewed as InterCity routes, the role of public transport services will continue to organize the Directorate of road transport. 2020. the December 31, the organisation of public transport services on the routes that a candidate for the planning region, its ability to take on this task. The decision to put the planning regions in organising public transport services on the routes concerned accepts the Cabinet. "
The law adopted by the Parliament in November 6, 2008.
President Zatlers in Riga, v. 2008. on 21 November, the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force by December 5, 2008.