5217841 Motor Vehicles,Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Notifying DMV of Change of Address

 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.)), Sections 6, 7, 8a of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03, 50-1401.01 and 50-1401.03 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), Section 2 of Title IV of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 680; D.C. Official Code § 50-1501.02 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), and 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.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following rulemaking that amends Chapter 1 (Issuance of Drivers Licenses) and Chapter 4 (Motor Vehicle Title and Registration) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).

 

The rules amend the requirement for notifying the Department of Motor Vehicles of a change of address so that the time period will be sixty (60) days.

 

Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 50-921 (2012 Repl.) the proposed rules were submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia ("Council") for a forty-five (45) day period of review (excluding weekends, holidays and days of Council recess). The forty-five (45) day period of review expired on December 1, 2014 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 at 61 DCR 9874 on September 26, 2014. The final rules were adopted as final on December 2, 2014 and 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 109, DUPLICATE OR MODIFIED LICENSES AND SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 109.3 is amended to read as follows:

 

109.3               Whenever any person, after applying for a driver's license or special identification card, moves from the address set forth in the application, that person shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, notify the Director in writing of both the old and new addresses.

 

 

Subsection 109.4 is amended to read as follows:

 

109.4               Whenever any person, after receiving a driver's license or special identification card, moves from the address set forth in the license or special identification card, that person shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, notify the Director in writing of both the old and new addresses and of the number of the license or special identification card.

                       

Chapter 4, MOTOR VEHICLE TITLE AND REGISTRATION, is amended as follows:

 

Section 414, CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF REGISTRANT, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 414.1 is amended as to read as follows:

 

414.1               If a registrant changes his or her address, that registrant shall, not more than sixty (60) days after relocating to the new address, surrender the old registration card to the Director and apply for an updated registration card.