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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 8(c)(2), (3), (5), (7), (8), (19), 14, 20, and 20a 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), (8), (19), 50-319, and 50-320 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), and D.C. Official Code § 47-2829 (b), (d), (e), (e-1), and (i) (2014 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt amendments to Chapter 4 (Taxicab Payment Service Providers) of Title 31 (Taxicabs and Public Vehicles For Hire) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
This proposed rulemaking would amend the Chapter 4 requirements that each payment service provider (“PSP”) integrate with the D.C. Universal Taxicab App (“DC TaxiApp”), for which service and support are provided by the D.C. Taxicab Industry Co-op (“Co-op”). The amendment would alter the division of expenses related to integration of the Co-op and any PSP which does not have operating authority on the implementation date in § 1612 (“new PSP”). The current requirement is that the Co-op and each new PSP share such expenses equally. The amendment would require the Co-op and each new PSP bear its own expenses for integration.
The Commission also hereby gives notice of its intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these proposed rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Directions for submitting comments may be found at the end of this notice.
Chapter 4, Taxicab Payment Service Providers, of Title 31 DCMR, TAXICABS AND PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, is amended as follows:
Section 408, OPERATING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO PSPs AND DDSs, is amended as follows:
Subsection 408.16(a)(2) is amended to read as follows:
(2) For integration with each PSP which obtains operating authority after the implementation date in § 1612: the Co-op and each PSP shall bear its own expenses.
Copies of this proposed rulemaking can be obtained at www.dcregs.dc.gov or by contacting Secretary to the Commission, District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, 2235 Shannon Place, S.E., Suite 3001, Washington, D.C. 20020. All persons desiring to file comments on the proposed rulemaking action should submit written comments via e-mail to dctc@dc.gov or by mail to the D.C. Taxicab Commission, 2235 Shannon Place, S.E., Suite 3001, Washington, D.C. 20020, Attn: Secretary to the Commission, no later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
