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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 18. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
 Chapter 18-17. STUDENT TRAVEL PRIVILEGES

  Section 18-1799. DEFINITIONS

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    1799.1When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed:

     

    Eligible student trip – travel by an eligible student: (1) to or from his or her school or a recognized school-related educational activity on a school day between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. within the regular or summer calendar school year; and (2) on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, or during a vacation period, when the travel is to or from a recognized school-related educational activity in the District.

     

    Student Rider Card - a fare card provided to eligible persons, as defined in § 1700.1 and § 1701.4(a), that grants the user access to student travel privileges on Metrorail, Metrobus, or DC Circulator Transit Systems within the District of Columbia. The Student Rider Card may include but is not limited to the DC One Card or its successor.

     

    Student travel privileges – privileges provided to eligible persons, as defined in § 1700.1 and § 1701.4(a), that grants the user access to reduced or other defined fares for eligible student travel as determined by the School Transit Subsidy Act of 1978, effective March 6, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-152; D.C. Official Code §§ 35-231 et seq.).

     

     

authority

Sections 5(2)(I) (assigning duty to operate the student transit subsidy program to the Department Director) and 6(b) (transferring the student transit subsidy program function previously delegated to the Director of the Department of Public Works under Section III(F) of Reorganization Plan No.4 of 1983 to the Department) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(2)(I) and 50-921.05(b) (2014 Repl. )); the School Transit Subsidy Act of 1978, effective March 6, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-152; D.C. Official Code § 35-233(g) (2012 Repl.)), as amended by the School Transit Temporary Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 5, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-43; 60 DCR 14718 (October 18, 2013)) and any substantially similar successor legislation; and Mayor's Order 79-83, dated May 10, 1979.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 2564 (February 27, 2015).