Section 24-3509. REQUIRED INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

 

3509.1Each intercity bus service operator shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the District of Columbia government, and its elected and appointed officials and officers, employees, agents and representatives, from and against any and all injuries, claims, demands, judgments, suits in law and equity (including without limitation, habeas corpus actions), actions before administrative tribunals, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs of suit or defense, that actually or allegedly, in whole or in part, arise out of, or result from:

 

(a)The operations of the intercity bus service operator;

 

(b)The performance or failure of performance of duties required by or reasonably related to the intercity bus service; or

 

(c)The injury to any person or damage to any property, including the property of the District, by the intercity bus service operator, its employees, agents, or patrons.

 

3509.2Each intercity bus service operator shall obtain a public liability insurance policy made out in the name of, and for the sole benefit of the District of Columbia, a municipal corporation, and its officers and employees, covering all use of public space. The insurance policy shall contain coverage in the following amounts:

 

(a)For each individual, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000);

 

(b)For each accident, one million dollars ($1,000,000)

 

(c)For property damage, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

 

authority

The Director of the District Department of Transportation (Department), pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 4(a)(5)(A) (assigning authority to coordinate and manage public space permits and records to the Department Director), 5(4)(A) (assigning duty to review and approve public space permit requests to the Department Director), and 6(b) (transferring the public right-of-way maintenance function previously delegated to 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 (DDOT Establishment Act), effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.03(5)(A), 50-921.04(4)(A), and 50-921.05(b)(2009 Repl.)), and section 604 of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-198; D.C. Official Code § 10-1141.04(2008 Repl.)), which was delegated to the Director of DPW pursuant to Mayor’s Order 96-175, dated December 9, 1996, and subsequently transferred to the Director of the Department in section 7 of the DDOT Establishment Act (transferring to the Director of the Department all transportation-related authority previously delegated to the Director of the Department of Public Works) (D.C. Official Code § 50-921.06(2009 Repl.)).

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 5323, 5333 (June 24, 2011).