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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles (Director), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 1825 and 1826 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 and 50-905 (2012 Repl.); Section 801 of the Motor Vehicle and Safe Driving Amendment Act of 2000, effective April 27, 2001 (D.C. Law 13-289; D.C. Official Code § 50-921 (2012 Repl.)); and Sections 6 and 7 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03 and 50-1401.01 (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following rulemaking that will amend Chapter 1 (Issuance of Driver’s Licenses) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The amendment will extend the time period for waiver of the written or road test after a non-commercial driver’s license has expired, and repeal the provision pertaining to an applicant who has points on his or her record.
Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 50-921 (2012 Repl.), the proposed rules were submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia for a forty-five (45) day review period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. The proposal rules are deemed approved except that if within the 45-day period a resolution of disapproval has been introduced by three (3) members of the Council, the regulations shall not be deemed approved. The forty-five (45) day review period has expired and no resolution of disapproval has been introduced by three (3) members of the Council. Therefore, the rules are deemed approved.
No comments were received and no changes were made to the text of the proposed rules, as published with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the D.C. Register on June 7, 2013 at 60 DCR 8676. The final rules will be effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Chapter 1, ISSUANCE OF DRIVER’S LICENSES, is amended as follows:
Section 104, EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR DRIVER'S LICENSES, is amended as follows:
Subsection 104.9 is amended to read as follows:
104.9 Except as provided in Section 111, the Director or his or her designee may waive the requirement that an applicant take a written test or road test in the following circumstances:
(a) The written examination may be waived if the applicant presents a District driver’s license that has expired for three hundred sixty five (365) days or less, or at any time successfully completes an online course as designated by the Department; and
(b) The road test, including the motorcycle road test in the case of a motorcycle endorsement holder, may be waived if the applicant presents a driver’s license issued by the District that has expired for five hundred and forty-five (545) days or less.
