5211342 Taxicab Commission, DC - Notice of Final Rulemaking- Amendments to Chapters 8 and 99 - Shared Riding

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 8(c) (3), (7), (12), and (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) (3), (7), (12), and (19)), 50-313, 50-319, and 50-320 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt amendments to Chapter 8 (Operation of Taxicabs)  and Chapter 99 (Definitions) of Title 31 (Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The proposed amendments to Chapters 8 and 99 clarify the definition of “shared riding” and allow the Chief of the Office of Taxicabs to designate shared riding locations as needed to best serve the interests of passengers, owners, operators, and the venues at which shared riding may be allowed, and for other lawful purposes within the authority of the Commission.    

 

The proposed rulemaking was adopted by the Commission on August 6, 2014 and published in the D.C. Register on October 3, 2014 at 61 DCR 10313.  The Commission did not receive any comments on the proposed rulemaking during the comment period which ended on November 2, 2014.  The Commission did not need to make any substantial changes and no substantial changes have been made.  The changes made correct grammar, clarify initial intent, clarify proposed procedures, or lessen the burdens established by the proposed rules

 

This final rulemaking was adopted by the Commission on November 12, 2014, and will take effect upon publication in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 8, OPERATION OF TAXICABS, is amended as follows:

 

Section 808, GROUP RIDING AND SHARED RIDING, is amended to read as follows:

 

Subsection 808.2 is amended to read as follows:

 

808.2               Shared riding, as defined in § 9901.1 is authorized under this chapter only at a shared riding location designated by the Chief of the Office in an administrative issuance issued pursuant to Chapter 7.  An operator shall not pick up a passenger at a designated shared riding location except at the designated taxi stand nor discharge a passenger except at the designated discharge stand.  Violations of this subsection are subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100).

 

Chapter 99, DEFINITIONS, is amended as follows:

 

Section 9901, is amended as follows:

                                                                                                                             

Subsection 9901.1, is amended to read as follows:

 

“Shared riding” – a group of two (2) or more passengers arranged by a starter at a location which has been designated by the Chief of the Office in an Office Issuance issued pursuant to Chapter 7 of this title, where there are common or different destinations.