Bill OKs MARTA food, drink sales - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Lawmakers unanimously passed legislation that would let the transigt agency sell food and drinks at stationsw alongthe system, a proposal that could generat several million dollars a year. The bill already passed the whereit originated, so it heads next to Gov. Sonny Perdude for his signature. The other MARTA funding bill’s prospects are more complicated. The Senatw overwhelmingly passed legislation last month allowing MARTA to use all of its salees tax money for Undercurrent law, the agencyg must divide those tax receipts 50-50 betwee operations and capital The House then took a position much closed to the status quo than the voting to let MARTA steefr 60 percent of its salees taxes into operations but requiring it to set asidw the other 40 percent for capitalk costs.
MARTA General Manager and CEO Beverly Scott that withouft fullfunding flexibility, the system could be forced to eliminatew service one day a week or on