Section 31-509. PROMPT PAYMENT TO TAXICAB OPERATORS

 

509.1Except where a taxicab company and taxicab operator otherwise agree, each taxicab company that contracts with a payment service provider (PSP) for modern taximeter system (MTS) units in its associated vehicles shall pay each of its associated operators the portion of the revenue received from the PSP to which the associated operator is entitled within twenty-four (24) hours or one (1) business day of when the revenue is received by the taxicab company from the PSP. 

 

509.2A taxicab company shall be subject to civil fines for violations of this section as set forth in Chapter 20.

 

 

authority

Sections 8(c) (2), (3), (5), (7), and (19), 14, and 20 of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985 (“Establishment Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(c) (2) (3), (5), (7), and (19), 50-313, and 50-319 (2014 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)), and D.C. Official Code § 47-2829 (b), (d), (e), (e-1), and (i) (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 3595, 3601 (June 1, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6679 (July 15, 2005); as repealed by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8549, 8558 (July 20, 2012).as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 6434 (June 27, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 7668 (May 20, 2016).